On 19th February 2014, at the SE RAW main office a business meeting was held between the Executive Director Dilyan Petrov, the Board Chairman – Petar Dimitrov and experts of the enterprise and a delegation of the French embassy in Bulgaria. The meeting took place at the initiative of the French side and with the personal participation of His Excellency Xavier Lapeyre de Cabanes, the ambassador of France in Bulgaria. His expert team included Gerard Cognet, a regional adviser on nuclear issues for Central and Eastern Europe, Jean-Marie Demange – Head of the Regional economic service of France, Marc Debels – Director of the economic mission Ubifrance.
Subject of the discussions was the development of the nuclear energy focusing on one of its particularly important segments – management of radioactive waste generated by the operation of nuclear plants and the decommissioning of shutdown facilities. “The credible solution to these two issues is a key moment in the modern world when establishing new facilities”, so stressed Dilyan Petrov. He presented the only Bulgarian company entrusted by the state with the responsibility for the safe management of radioactive waste. Mr. Petrov familiarized the participants also with the future priority projects for the period 2014-2020 in the context of the National Strategy for the management of spent fuel and radioactive waste.
His Excellency Xavier Lapeyre de Cabanes and the members of the delegation expressed their willingness to assist in sharing the experience of France as a country with a highly developed nuclear and great experience in the management of radioactive waste. They announced the upcoming forum in Bulgaria with the participation of French organisations in the nuclear industry.
