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{{Short description|Abandoned nuclear power plant in northern Bulgaria}}
{{Infobox power station
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The '''Belene Nuclear Power Plant''' ({{lang-bg|Атомна електроцентрала „Белене“}}) is
On June 11, 2010, the Bulgarian government announced
==History==
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=== Termination of the project ===
The negotiations stalled again after the [[GERB]] government decided to add an American or a European contractor to the project, as well as insisting for Atomstroyexport to lower the price to less than five billion euro. As no major European or American investor appeared, the talks continued to yield no results. This led to the official termination of the Belene project in March 2012. A thermal
In June 2016, the [[International Court of Arbitration]] awarded [[Atomstroyexport]] €620 million in compensation for equipment already manufactured for the plant, which will be delivered to Bulgaria following payment.<ref name=nei-20161103>{{cite news |url=http://www.neimagazine.com/news/newsbulgaria-weighs-merits-of-belene-npp-or-kozloduy-extension-5658006 |title=Bulgaria weighs merits of Belene NPP or Kozloduy extension |publisher=Nuclear Engineering International |date=3 November 2016 |accessdate=5 November 2016}}</ref>
=== Possible project restart ===
In 2016 discussions took place with [[Rosatom]], the manufacturer of the reactors, about the possibility of installing one
On 7 June 2018, the Bulgarian Parliament voted to abolish the moratorium on the construction of the power plant. The aim of the government is to complete the project through funding by a strategic investor, what interest has so far been declared by several companies. Minister of Energy should develop an investor selection procedure and propose options for structuring the project by 31 October 2018. According to the Minister, the plant can be completed within 7–8 years.<ref>[https://www.novinite.com/articles/190544/The+Bulgarian+Parliament%27s+Decision%3A+Restart+of+the+Belene+NPP+Project The Bulgarian Parliament's Decision: Restart of the Belene NPP Project]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cnpp.iaea.org/countryprofiles/Bulgaria/Bulgaria.htm|title=IAEA Country Profiles Bulgaria 2019|last=|first=|date=|website=cnpp.iaea.org|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref>
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There is controversy over the [[Environmental Impact Assessment]] (EIA), which "does not contain adequate information on the seismic conditions, nor does it address [[BDBE|beyond design basis]] accidents or give details of the potential impacts of decommissioning".<ref name=mycle>[http://www.greens-efa.org/cms/topics/dokbin/206/206749.pdf The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2007] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625044818/http://www.greens-efa.org/cms/topics/dokbin/206/206749.pdf |date=June 25, 2008 }} pp. 31-32.</ref> Furthermore, following legal action by environmental groups, the authors of the original EIA confirmed, in court, that it was flawed and would require a new EIA once a designer and builder were appointed. The total cost of the project is now estimated by the operator to be around €7 billion (€4 billion for the power stations plus associated infrastructure development costs).<ref name=mycle/>
Environmental organizations [[Greenpeace]], [[Friends of the Earth]] (Europe), [[Urgewald]], [[Bankwatch]], [[World Information Service on Energy]] and the Bulgarian NGO [[BeleNE!]] oppose the plant's construction, and have expressed the following concerns:<ref>[http://www.bankwatch.org/project.shtml?apc=---g--1&x=2062712 Environmental Organizations condemn European Commission Decision on Bulgarian Reactor] {{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00229.html |title=Press release of Greenpeace about the Belene project |accessdate=2006-10-31 |language=Romanian }}</ref>
* negative effect on the tourist industry and the agriculture of northern Bulgaria
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060824015545/http://www.nek.bg/cgi-bin/index.cgi?l=1&d=370 Photo gallery of the Belene NPP at the National Electric Company website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060830132109/http://bluelink.net/belene/ Campaign against the plant's construction]
* [http://ime-bg.org/pr_bg/267-3.htm Article about the project] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060622230756/http://ime-bg.org/pr_bg/267-3.htm |date=2006-06-22 }} {{in lang|bg}}
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