Bulgaria's Kozloduy NPP Begins New Phase of US Nuclear Fuel Transition

Unit 5 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant is scheduled to be taken offline on 9 May for its planned annual maintenance and refuelling, including the loading of American nuclear fuel, according to information presented in the annual report of the Nuclear Regulatory Agency. The outage is expected to continue until mid-June, when new fuel assemblies produced by Westinghouse are set to be installed. The process is part of a gradual transition away from Russian fuel, which began in 2024 and is planned to continue over four years. ...