site.btaBulgaria Waits for "More Sensible EU Stance on Ukraine" before Selling Nuclear Equipment

Bulgaria is waiting for a more sensible common EU stance on Ukraine before it sells the equipment from the unfinished Belene nuclear power plant to Kyiv, Energy Minister Rumen Radev told journalists on Friday after a ceremony marking the centenary of the Boyana Hydroelectric Power Plant.

Radev specified that he was referring to the EU financial package for Ukraine. He is convinced that progress will be made on the matter. "The equipment is in excellent condition," he said. According to the minister, the waiting time has been used to determine whether Bulgaria can use parts of the steam generators from Belene for its own purposes. "Theoretically, we could use them, but it has been firmly established already that we do not need them," Radev explained.