President of Atomstroyexport Sergey Shmatko visits Bulgaria

17.01.2008 // Press service of Atomstroyexport CJSC

On Jan 17 2008 President of Atomstroyexport CJSC Sergey Shmatko left for Bulgaria as part of the Russian delegation led by Russian President Vladimir Putin

During the visit Atomstroyexport is planning to sign a contract with the National Electric Company of Bulgaria for the construction of Belene Nuclear Power Plant.

On Oct 31 2006 the National Electric Company of Bulgaria officially proclaimed Atomstroyexport as the winner of the tender for the construction of Belene NPP under Russian NPP-92 project – a plant with two VVER-1000/V-466 reactors. The key rival of Atomstroyexport and its partners Areva NP and Siemens were Skoda Alliance and Westinghouse. The victory in the tender has opened up new prospects for Russian nuclear technologies in Europe.

The preliminary agreement was signed in 2006. The project was launched on Jan 1 2007. The conceptual design is ready, now, Atomstroyexport is drafting the technical design and is recruiting managers.

Note

Atomstroyexport CJSC is the leading Russian company implementing contracts for the construction of nuclear power plants abroad.

Belene NPP is a unique combination of active and passive safety systems. The project received EUR certificate in 2007.

Atomstroyexport’s proposal is important for integration of Russian-European experience in NPP construction. Part of equipment will be supplied by the key partner of Atomstroyexport, CARSIB Consortium(«Areva NP» and «Siemens»).

In Dec 2007 European Commission officially approved the investment plan of the project.