Bulgaria gives Ukraine more time to buy its Russia-made nuclear reactors – Euractiv

The Bulgarian parliament has decided to extend the deadline given to the government to negotiate the sale of two Russian nuclear reactors and related equipment to Ukraine by six months.

Authorities in Sofia received the reactors from Russia’s Atomstroyexport more than six years ago, but they were already unusable because the country had given up on building the Belene nuclear power plant.

The reactors are currently being stored near Belene, waiting to be sold.

Bulgaria has been negotiating the equipment sale with Ukraine for almost two years, with parliament obliging the government to conclude the deal at a price of at least €600 million, the same as the Bulgarian National Electricity Company paid to Russia’s Atomstroyexport.