Tomorrow, Saturday (10/12), one of the two reactors of the Bulgarian nuclear power plant of her Kozloduy Bulgaria after the detection of a water leak which has not caused an increase in the level of radioactivity, as announced by the plant manager
“The operation in unit 6 will be stopped to repair the leak before it reaches the maximum limit allowed by the operating regulation,” he points out in the announcement of the station manager.
“No change in the level of radioactivity has been observed in the workplaces and the unit“, is clarified in the relevant announcement, as broadcast by the Athens News Agency.
The problem was identified at the end of November in the steam generator flat pipe, a key system for converting the hot water coming from the heart of reactor into steam that powers turbines to generate electricity.
The station of Kozlodui is located in the northwestern part of Bulgaria, near the Danube. This year the station has experienced two other incidents caused by faulty generators that shut down reactor 5 in June and then reactor 6 in October.
Kozlodui is Bulgaria’s only nuclear power plant and produces a third of Bulgaria’s energy. Two 1,000-megawatt pressurized water reactors operate at the station and are currently powered by Russian fuel.
The Bulgarian government is looking for new suppliers to reduce its dependence on Moscow after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and is considering offers from US Westinghouse and France’s Framatome.
Units 1 and 4 are obsolete and were closed in 1998 and 2006 respectively, following a demand by Brussels that made it a condition for Bulgaria’s EU membership.
Source: News Beast
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