As a sign of strategic partnership, Westinghouse and world-renowned suppliers of uranium material signed contracts at the Ministry of Energy

As a sign of partnership and readiness to ensure reliable and secure supplies of nuclear fuel for the Kozloduy NPP, yesterday at the Ministry of Energy, the American company Westinghouse signed contracts for the supply of uranium material with the Kameko and Urenko corporations.

The deliveries under the signed contracts will be used by Westinghouse for the production and delivery from 2024 of fresh nuclear fuel for the 5th power unit of the Kozloduy NPP. The contracted uranium material will be delivered to the Westinghouse plant in Sweden, where fresh nuclear fuel will be used in the production process of the cartridges, the Energy Ministry said in a statement.

The meeting, which was hosted by the Minister of Energy Rosen Hristov, was attended by representatives of the managements of the three foreign companies, the Bulgarian BEH and Kozloduy NPP, as well as the ambassadors of the USA, Great Britain, Canada and Sweden. All of them expressed their thanks for the cooperation with the Ministry of Energy and gave a high assessment of the real achievements of Minister Rosen Hristov and his team for the diversification of fresh nuclear fuel supplies for the Kozloduy NPP.

"Our belief is that we cannot talk about energy security without diversification of supply. In addition to geopolitical risks, there are also technical risks, and when you have more than one supplier, such situations are easier and faster to overcome. We apply this vision to gas supplies as well," Minister Hristov explained.