Rosatom Denies Bulgaria Nuclear Plant Frozen

Business » ENERGY | April 5, 2011, Tuesday // 20:12
Bulgaria: Rosatom Denies Bulgaria Nuclear Plant Frozen Rosatom executive Kiril Komarov is pictured here during a press conference in Moscow at the end of March, where he voiced hopes that the construction of Belene will start in 2011. Photo by BGNES

Rosatom has not taken a decision to freeze the Belene plant, a spokesman for the company said in Moscow on Tuesday.

"No such bilateral documents have been signed," Sergei Novikov said, as cited by Bloomberg agency.

Earlier in the day Bulgaria's Economy Minister Traicho Traikov fired the head of the National Electric Company NEK Krasimir Parvanov after he signed an agreement with Rosatom's subsidiary Atomstroyexport that potentially threatens Bulgaria's national interests by obliging the Bulgarian government to reach a final agreement with the Russians on Belene by June 1, 2001.

Bulgaria's National Electric Company (NEK) and Rosatom's subsidiary Atomstroyexport signed Tuesday a Memorandum of Understanding to extend the analysis on the project by 3 more months - until June 30, 2011.

We need your support so Novinite.com can keep delivering news and information about Bulgaria! Thank you!

Energy » Be a reporter: Write and send your article
Tags: Russian, Bulgarian, Martin, Dimitrov, Blue Coalition, Economy Minister, Russia, Krasimir Parvanov, NEK, Rosatom, Genadiy Tepkyan, Belene NPP, Atomstroyexport, National Electric Company, NEK, Traicho Traikov, Boyko Borisov, Fortum, Krassimir, Parvanov, Bulgaria, Belene, Moscow

Advertisement
Advertisement
Bulgaria news Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) is unique with being a real time news provider in English that informs its readers about the latest Bulgarian news. The editorial staff also publishes a daily online newspaper "Sofia Morning News." Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) and Sofia Morning News publish the latest economic, political and cultural news that take place in Bulgaria. Foreign media analysis on Bulgaria and World News in Brief are also part of the web site and the online newspaper. News Bulgaria