State Enterprise Radioactive Waste (SERAW) has received a general license from the Bulgarian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (BNRA) for the decommissioning of Units 3 and 4 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant. The document has a validity period of 10 years.The license was presented in person by the Chairman of the BNRA, Tsanko Bachiyski, to Elisaveta Mladenova, Deputy Executive Director of Finance, Administration and Security at SERAW, in the presence of Sergey Tsochev, Chairman of the Enterprise’s Management Board.
The new general license consolidates and replaces the previous individual licenses for each of the two units. It defines the safety requirements for decommissioning and authorizes SERAW to carry out decontamination and dismantling of structures, systems, and components, as well as the management of materials and radioactive waste resulting from the decommissioning processes.The activities will be carried out in full compliance with the updated decommissioning plan for Units 3 and 4. To achieve the end state defined in the Strategy for Spent Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management, as well as the targets set out in the Decommissioning Plan, SERAW is required to dismantle all technological equipment in Turbine Hall, Reactor Building, and Auxiliary Building, which will subsequently be decontaminated and transported off the industrial site. All buildings and adjacent territories will be decontaminated to the established regulatory clearance criteria in accordance with the requirements of the Act on the Safe Use of Nuclear Energy (ASUNE) and its implementing regulations.The State Enterprise Radioactive Waste continues to manage the decommissioning infrastructure projects funded by the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund (KIDSF) through the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), ensuring their expediency and the responsible management of processes in line with the highest nuclear safety standards.
