Bulgaria launched the construction of nuclear waste depository facility in the neighbourhood of the Kozloduy nuclear plant. It is expected to have a capacity of 138,000 cubic metres and will cost around €72m. The project will be financed by the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The main purpose of the Fund is to finance the preparation and the implementation of the decommissioning operations.
The facility will be used under the framework of the decommissioning operations at the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) units 1-4 in Bulgaria.
The KNPP consists of 6 VVER type-reactors. The Western European Nuclear Regulatory Association (WENRA) and other experts, concluded that units 1-4 are not able to reach acceptable safety levels because of deficiencies in the original design of the reactors and the confinement systems. In the wake of Bulgaria's accession to the EU, the Bulgarian government agreed to shut them down.
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