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Rosatom, Framatome and GE Steam Power unite for Belene NPP project

Photo: Ani Petrova, BNR

Three of the five companies participating in the tender for a contractor of the Belene nuclear power plant - Rosatom, Framatome SAS (France), and GE Steam Power are joining forces to participate in the tender for the construction of Bulgaria's second nuclear power plant - Belene NPP. This was announced by the Minister of Energy Temenuzhka Petkova in Parliament.
"The united efforts of these candidates is a clear sign that the procedure for selecting a contractor will be very competitive and that they believe in this project, as well as in the Bulgarian government. The efforts of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov play a key role in this unification," Petkova added.



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