The legal framework is provided in ASUNE, in force since July 2002.State regulation of the safe use of nuclear energy and ionizing radiation, the safety of radioactive waste management and the safety of spent fuel management is implemented by the NRA chairman, who is an independent, specialized authority of the executive power.The functions of the NRA are effectively separate from those of the bodies and organizations involved in the promotion or use of nuclear technology.The NRA chairman has the powers to: grant, amend, supplement, renew, suspend and revoke licences and permits; control the fulfilment of safety requirements and standards; undertake enforcement measures and impose administrative penalties; implement the interactions with other competent authorities; implement the international cooperation of Bulgaria in the field; organize and coordinate implementation of the obligations of Bulgaria arising from the international agreements (for more information, see Based on a written application by the applicant, the NRA chairman issues authorizations for the use of nuclear energy. Although France is not one of the core countries of PV-Invest, two smaller PV power plants have already been built. In the case of an accident, the licensee/permit holder is obligated to: immediately warn the population and the mayors of municipalities within the emergency planning zones and other competent authorities; take actions for mitigation and remediation of the accident consequences; control and regulate the exposure of the persons engaged in the accident mitigation and liquidation; and ensure continuous monitoring of the radioactive releases into the environment.For more information, see Bulgaria’s seventh national report under the Convention on Nuclear Safety, available at The national regulatory authority for the safe use of nuclear energy is the NRA. Construction of the Belene Nuclear Power Plant was officially terminated in March 2012, and a thermal powerplant was supposed to be built on the site. BULGARIA (Updated 2019) PREAMBLE. The Belene Nuclear Power Plant project is located around 7.5km from the border of Romania and near the Danube River, in the Republic of Bulgaria.

It also highlights a number of unsubstantiated claims and some failings in the Bulgarian EIA report. The programme was subsequently enlarged and 24 regulations have been adopted by the Council of Ministers on the basis of ASUNE. Data for year 2017 Electricity consumption in Bulgaria has been growing only slowly since 1980 but the country has in the past been a significant exporter of powe… The radioactive waste becomes state ownership from the time of its transfer to SERAW. Thus, the Bulgarian government decided to install in Kozloduy the 1000 MW reactor that the Russian state company Atomstroyexport already produced for the Belene NPP.In October 2013, the Ministry of Environment and Water approved the environmental impact assessment report on the investment proposal for Unit 7, thereby giving a green light for its construction.In 2013 the Austrian Environment Agency prepared a report on the Bulgarian Ministry for the Environment's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on the proposed 7th unit of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant.

Despite no longer being the global market leader, Germany is still by far the largest PV market in Europe. High level waste from spent fuel reprocessing as well long lived low and intermediate level waste is to be disposed in deep geological repository. The general management of the activities relating to the protection of the population and environmental preservation in case of disaster is implemented by the National Headquarter, led by the prime minister. [3] Strategy on Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management until 2030,[4] Council Directive 2011/70/Euratom of 19 July 2011 establishing a Community framework for the responsible and safe management of spent fuel and radioactive waste, Official Journal of the European Union L 199, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (2009). Bulgaria's first commercial nuclear reactor began operation in 1974. ASUNE provides for the possibility of combining the licensing procedures. Even if the sunshine levels are not comparable with Italy’s, Germany still provides the required stability in the country portfolio. This makes Bulgaria the 21st largest user of nuclear power in the world SERAW is structured in specialized divisions for radioactive waste management, as follows:Specialized Division Permanent Repository for RAW – Novi Han;Specialized Division National Disposal Facility for Low and Interim RAW;Specialized Division RAW Kozloduy is located on the site of Kozloduy NPP and processes the radioactive waste generated from operation of the plant. An internal procedure as part of the quality management system has been developed by the NRA and is applied in the process of regulations drafting and adoption. At the foot of the Grossglockner also one small hydro power plant is part of the portfolio.In Bulgaria, PV-Invest operates two photovoltaic power plants with an output of 5.5 MW.

With its gross power of 908 MW the plant produces 10% of energy in Bulgaria. licensing support for the owner of a nuclear power plant in Finland project management and engineering consultancy for the largest modernization on a nuclear power plant in Bulgaria original design of the major systems as A/E during the construction of a 700 MW nuclear power plant in Slovenia Most of the NRA employees participated actively in the development of the secondary legislation, as well as representatives of ministries and other organizations concerned. PV-Invest operates PV power plants in Slovenia as community investment projects under the Moja elektrarna brand (www.mojaelektrarna.si).Austria as a home market represents an essential stability factor in the group’s portfolio. Sofia Iztok Power Plant (Google Maps). Bulgaria's bleak post-coal future Municipality at risk. Measures for implementation of the radioactive waste minimization requirement is planned.The Strategy on Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management until 2030 [3] is available at the Ministry of Energy web site at The Kozloduy NPP fuel cycle does not include the purchase of uranium, its conversion or enrichment, but only the purchase of fuel assemblies from the supplier, their interim storage at the plant site after being removed from the reactor cores, spent fuel transport for reprocessing and further disposal of high level waste.