Russia to negotiate on the old equipment of Belene if the plant is built

The Russian Atomstroyexport is ready to negotiate with the Bulgarian National Electricity Company (NEK) for the purchase of old equipment from the Belene Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project. This will only happen if the construction of the second Bulgarian NPP continues, announced officials from the Russian company yesterday. Amotstroyexport would discuss the purchase of the old parts of the reactor, which according to NEK cost €61 mln. It is not clear whether the Russian side agrees with the Bulgarian claim, since it argues that the claim of NEK with the Arbitration Court in Geneva can reach up to € 40.2 mln. This amount is for the equipment that was installed on the NPP Belene site in 1991 and is owned by NEK. The Russian company still believes that, currently, NEK is trying to force Atomstryexport to buy the equipment, which was not part of the contracts signed so far.

Officials from NEK said for Klassa that they had never heard of the mentioned amount this demand had not been discussed. In its message, Atomstroyexport claims that negotiations on the old equipment had already started.

Under the agreements, the old equipment was bought for €205 mln, but it is not clear how much of the funds were remitted to NEK. At present, the old block, foreseen for the Belene NPP operates as 4th nuclear reactor in the Kaliningrad NPP.

Officials from NEK explained that, currently the negotiations concerned mostly the signing of the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Belene NPP.

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