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US firm eyes spent nuclear fuel investment in Bulgaria
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A major US investor has expressed interest in supporting fuel treatment in Bulgaria, US ambassador to the country James Warlick told journalists on October 12 2010.
Warlick made the statement after being asked whether the unnamed investor mentioned by Prime Minister Boiko Borissov last week is a US company wanting to handle nuclear fuel from Kozloduy, Bulgaria’s sole operational nuke plant.
Warlick said that representatives of the US investor already had visited Bulgaria and had held preliminary talks on the matter, but he declined to elaborate.
News portal Mediapool reported that the company is named Holtech. The firm has presented a technology for temporary storage of dry spent nuclear fuel from units with VVER-1000 reactors for up to 100 years, the website quotes Kozloduy sources as saying.
However, no treatment options have been discussed during the talks.
At the moment, Bulgaria transports its nuclear fuel back to Russia where the used raw material is processed and high level nuclear waste is stored.
Warlick said recently that US firms had shown interest in Bulgaria’s plans to construct a national medium and low level nuclear waste storage facility, which should be up and running by 2015, according to plans.
He praised Bulgaria’s efforts in renewable energy development. Warlick said that US company AES will build a 80 MW solar power plant near Silistra provided that Bulgaria brings its clean energy legislation in line with EU regulations.
Source: Dnevnik.bg
Warlick made the statement after being asked whether the unnamed investor mentioned by Prime Minister Boiko Borissov last week is a US company wanting to handle nuclear fuel from Kozloduy, Bulgaria’s sole operational nuke plant.
Warlick said that representatives of the US investor already had visited Bulgaria and had held preliminary talks on the matter, but he declined to elaborate.
News portal Mediapool reported that the company is named Holtech. The firm has presented a technology for temporary storage of dry spent nuclear fuel from units with VVER-1000 reactors for up to 100 years, the website quotes Kozloduy sources as saying.
However, no treatment options have been discussed during the talks.
At the moment, Bulgaria transports its nuclear fuel back to Russia where the used raw material is processed and high level nuclear waste is stored.
Warlick said recently that US firms had shown interest in Bulgaria’s plans to construct a national medium and low level nuclear waste storage facility, which should be up and running by 2015, according to plans.
He praised Bulgaria’s efforts in renewable energy development. Warlick said that US company AES will build a 80 MW solar power plant near Silistra provided that Bulgaria brings its clean energy legislation in line with EU regulations.
Source: Dnevnik.bg
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According to the Kiev Post, March 1, 2006, This is because Holtec had an agreement with Ukraine to do the project, but the Ukranians objected.
I wonder why.
Plus unverified info that Holtec's storage systems were called to question in the same article.
I certainly don't want anyone else's nuclear waste in my country! Let the countries who create the waste, store it themselves!
Brilliant. Bulgaria is now going to officiall become a dumping ground for spent nuclear fuel that NO-ONE in the world knows what to do with. Just what it needs.