France and Bulgaria signed an agreement on Wednesday that provides for cooperation between the countries’ two companies dealing with decommissioning aging nuclear facilities, eliminating radioactive waste, and small modular reactors, AFP reports.
According to French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire, both countries want to expand their cooperation in the nuclear field, especially in terms of supply chains, skills, and the construction of new nuclear power plants.
As AFP recalls, Bulgaria currently has two Soviet-era nuclear reactors with a capacity of 1.9 GW in operation, and the country is considering building new ones to replace coal-fired plants and meet EU requirements. In addition, four older reactors were shut down before 2007 for safety reasons.
France, in turn, has 56 reactors in operation at 18 power plants with a capacity of 61 GW, and one reactor is under construction at Flamanville in the northwest of the country.
Also on Wednesday, President Emmanuel Macron and Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov met in Paris to discuss strengthening bilateral relations in the fields of energy, security, defense, trade, culture, and agriculture.
Also on the agenda of the talks were Bulgaria’s full integration into Schengen, adoption of the single European currency, and accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
As AFP recalls, Bulgaria currently has two Soviet-era nuclear reactors with a capacity of 1.9 GW in operation, and the country is considering building new ones to replace coal-fired plants and meet EU requirements. In addition, four older reactors were shut down before 2007 for safety reasons.
France, in turn, has 56 reactors in operation at 18 power plants with a capacity of 61 GW, and one reactor is under construction at Flamanville in the northwest of the country.
Also on Wednesday, President Emmanuel Macron and Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov met in Paris to discuss strengthening bilateral relations in the fields of energy, security, defense, trade, culture, and agriculture.
Also on the agenda of the talks were Bulgaria’s full integration into Schengen, adoption of the single European currency, and accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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