During its regular meeting today, 22 May 2013, the Council of Ministers of The Republic of Bulgaria agreed a Decree for provision of funding in the amount of
BGN 10 million from the central government budget for 2013 in favor of the budget of the Ministry of Economic, Energy and Tourism for the financing of the management activities of Kozloduy NPP’s Units 1 and 2 as facilities for management of radioactive waste.
With the elaboration of the Updated strategy for decommissioning of KNPP’s Units 1-4 (2006), the concept for continuous dismantling was adopted, which plans the decommissioning activities to achieve the “brown field” status in 2030. Such deadline for completion the decommissioning works is fixed also in the Strategy for management of spent fuel and radioactive waste until 2030, approved by the Council of Ministers on 5 January 2011.
The concept for continuous dismantling requires funding of more decommissioning activities and human resources to perform these activities. The provision of the funds necessary for the performance of activities of the SE RAW’s specialized division Decommissioning, will guarantee the completion of the contracts undertaken by The Republic of Bulgaria to the European commission for decommissioning of KNPP’s Units 1 and 2, in accordance with the approved schedule.
