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France to promote Bulgaria’s nuclear power

Sarkozy Offers Help for Bulgaria’s Nuclear Plant Belene Energy Novinite.com Sofia News Agency  October 12, 2009

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has vowed cooperation for the construction of Bulgaria’s planned second nuclear power plant on the Danube, which has hit funding problems.

This was announced by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov after a meeting with the French president as he started a two-day working visit to France on October 12 2009.

“We are looking for European partners to make sure that the money that has been invested so far in the project does not go down the drain,” Borisov told journalists after the meeting.

In his words the French President has been impressed with the speed at which Bulgaria’s nuclear sector is developing.

Sarkozy has reiterated the commitment of France’s Prime Minister Francois Fillon to hold talks with French companies, potential investors in Bulgaria’s planned second nuclear power plant in the town of Belene……………….

The French president has also pledged that his country will be the main driving force to secure additional compensations for the closed reactors at Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power plant.

Bulgaria: Sarkozy Offers Help for Bulgaria’s Nuclear Plant Belene – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency

October 13, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, business and costs, EUROPE | antinuclear, AREVA, France, nuclear, nuclear costs