Westinghouse Extends FEED Contract With Kozloduy NPP

Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) announced the extension to the current Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract with Bulgaria’s Kozloduy NPP-Newbuild for two AP1000® reactors.

Westinghouse was awarded the FEED contract in June 2023 to assess the initial readiness of the Bulgarian industry and the existing infrastructure at the Kozloduy site to support the construction of two AP1000 units.

Once completed, the next step in the Kozloduy project is the Engineering Services Contract, which will kick off the design, licensing, training, project management, and site planning process ahead of the subsequent construction contract.

Westinghouse is committed to the Kozloduy project and to further strengthening and leveraging Bulgaria’s supply chain to support this critical project for the Balkans and others across Europe

said Dan Lipman, President of Westinghouse Energy Systems.

Read the full Westinghouse Press Release.

This extension builds on the progress being made on the Kozloduy expansion project, as well as the support Westinghouse is providing for nuclear fuel diversification and operations at the plant.

Indeed, earlier this year, Westinghouse supported the diversification of Bulgaria’s nuclear fuel supply by delivering and reloading the first VVER-1000 fuel assemblies at Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant under a 10-year supply contract. The VVER-1000 fuel was successfully loaded into KNPP Unit 5.

Kozloduy is the only NPP in Bulgaria and the largest in the region. Units 5 and 6 have a total installed capacity of 2GW, supplying more than 40% of the country’s electricity. These units have been upgraded and modernized to extend their operational lives by 30 years each.