The National Assembly of Bulgaria voted by 156 to 47 to call on the Council of Ministers to ensure the licensing and a contract for supply of non-Russian nuclear fuel is concluded by 2024.
Nuclear Policies 10 November 2022
Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov says he hopes to put "concrete proposals" to Greece within 12 months. It is believed that the plan would be for Greece to sign a long-term supply contract for energy from a new nuclear reactor in Bulgaria.
New Nuclear 22 March 2022
Bulgarian Energy Holding has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with US engineering firm Fluor to look at the possibility of replacing coal boilers with NuScale small nuclear reactors, among other things. The country has committed to stop using coal for electricity generation by 2037 or 2040.
New Nuclear 29 October 2021