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SERAW with contribution to the dissemination of knowledge on Kozloduy NPP Units 1 to 4 decommissioning process
State Enterprise Radioactive Waste (SERAW), in the capacity of a National RAW Management Operator, shall summarise and present each year the experience gained from implementation of the Kozloduy NPP Units 1 to 4 Decommissioning Programme. In 2022, in collaboration with ...
The Plasma Melting Facility enters the sixth operational campaign
The Plasma Melting Facility (PMF)* for radioactive waste (RAW) underwent start-up operations in the period 5-8 December 2022 following scheduled maintenance. Nominal parameters for RAW treatment were reached on 9th December, bringing the facility into its sixth operational campaign. The ...
At the initiative of the Nuclear Regulatory Agency, experts from the Turkish Nuclear Regulatory Authority visited SERAW facilities
Nine experts from the Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Turkiye visited on 6 December 2022 facilities of State Enterprise Radioactive Waste to get acquainted, on-the-spot, with Bulgaria’s experience in the field of radioactive waste management. Turkey expressed its ...
Monitoring Committee approved the Report for the Kozloduy Decommissioning Programme
On 8th November 2022, a Monitoring Committee* on the implementation of the Kozloduy Programme for Decommissioning of Kozloduy NPP Units 1 to 4, was held in Luxembourg. The meeting was chaired jointly by Massimo Garribba, Deputy Director-General of Directorate-General for ...
Chemical decontamination has significantly reduced radioactive contamination in the Primary Circuits of the Kozloduy NPP shutdown reactor units
A complex sequence of chemical decontamination operations of the Primary Circuits and associated equipment of Kozloduy NPP four VVER-440 reactor units was completed in mid-2022 as part of the project for decommissioning of the shutdown nuclear facilities. The main objective ...
Students from Sofia University visited SERAW for educational purposes
A group of 18 students from the Faculty of Economics at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” visited the facilities of State Enterprise Radioactive Waste in connection with their study in the Master’s programme “Energy Markets and Services”. The students saw ...
A Monitoring Committee monitored the progress of the Kozloduy Decommissioning Programme
On 1 April, 2022, a meeting of the Kozloduy Programme Monitoring Committee on implementation of the decommissioning of the NPP’s shutdown 440-megawatt reactor units being carried out by the enterprise, was held at the Information Centre for Decommissioning of State ...
Monitoring Mission for the Decommissioning Programme of shutdown nuclear facilities
On 5th and 6th October 2021, representatives of the European Commission (EC), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Ministry of Energy visited facilities of State Enterprise Radioactive Waste on Kozloduy site. The visit was organised under ...
Marie Angot, an intern at the Radiochemistry Section at SERAW: I will take with me a lot of valuable knowledge, wonderful memories and the recipe for the Bulgarian banitza
Marie Angot, a 21-year-old Frenchwoman, is studying Chemical Engineering in Strasbourg. Her passion for science aroused her interest in Radiochemistry – a subject that, according to the academic program, Marie shall theoretically study next year. However, this interest prevailed and ...