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Russia To Build New Nuke Plant For Bulgaria
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 09, 2006 Russia's nuclear power equipment and service export monopoly, Atomstroiexport, said Wednesday it will sign a deal soon to build a nuclear power plant in Bulgaria. Atomstroiexport won a tender October 30 to build two 1,000-megawatt reactors for the NPP in Belene, about 150 miles from the country's capital, Sofia. "Late in November, approximately November 30, a preliminary contract for the construction of the Belene NPP will be signed, and a general contract is expected to be concluded in June-August 2007," said Vladimir Parygin, head of the company's department for international construction projects. The NPP's first unit is scheduled to go online by 2011, and the second in 2013. Atomstroiexport Director General Sergei Shmatko said the company's win at the tender marked Russia's breakthrough on the world nuclear power engineering market. "The NPP in Belene is a European project, which will be implemented in the European Union under the control of European supervisory bodies and in which Russia will play a leading role," he said. Atomstroiexport implements intergovernmental agreements to build nuclear facilities abroad. It is the world's only company simultaneously building five nuclear power units, in China, India and Iran.
earlier related report Russia's newly-formed uranium production company will study the issue. "If the recently established Uranium Mining Company carries out the economic study together with Bulgarian colleagues, and uranium production proves to be economically attractive, the project will be launched," said Pyotr Lavrenyuk, vice president of Russia's nuclear fuel producer and supplier TVEL. The TVEL company and the state-owned uranium trader Tekhsnabexport (Tenex) merged into the Uranium Mining Company on November 2 to develop uranium deposits inside and outside Russia, and import uranium. Russia's nuclear power equipment and service export monopoly, Atomstroiexport, won a tender on October 30 to build two 1,000-megawatt reactors for an NPP in Belene, about 150 miles from Bulgaria's capital, Sofia. Russia's uranium production accounts for around 8% of the global output. Up to 90% of the profit in Russia's nuclear sector comes from nuclear fuel, power and services exports, according to nuclear chief Sergei Kiriyenko, but the country is seeking to import more nuclear fuel. The TVEL official said the company already imported uranium from other east European countries, including the Czech Republic. TVEL's cooperation in uranium production with other countries takes various forms. For example, Ukraine produces uranium independently, sends it to Russia for enrichment, and Russia in turn supplies uranium fuel for 15 nuclear power generating units in Ukraine. Russia and Kazakhstan established a joint venture in October to enrich uranium near Irkutsk, about 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles) east of Moscow. Under the Soviet system, the three countries shared a nuclear power infrastructure under the Ministry of Medium Machine Building, a complex that Russia's nuclear chief wants restored. Kiriyenko also said in mid-September that nuclear energy must replace natural gas in Russia's energy balance, as the country's reserves of coal and natural gas will be depleted in 50 years. He also said Russia plans to meet 60-70% of its uranium demand domestically by 2015.
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IEA Sees Nuclear Power As Part Of Future Energy Solution
Paris (AFP) Nov 07, 2006Nuclear power can help reduce carbon dioxide emissions and provide reliable electricity in the future, but the technology must first win a battle for public opinion, the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday. Nuclear power has two main advantages over rival energy sources, the IEA said, namely that it produces no greenhouse gas emissions and only requires uranium as a resource, which is found in abundance in stable, democratic countries. |
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