Bulgaria's Government to Recalculate Belene Nuke Costs within 3 Months

03.9.2009
It will take three months for the experts of the Minister of Energy to calculate the actual cost and the potential profit of Belene NPP. In November Bulgaria PM Boyko Borissov will respond to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin if Bulgaria's cabinet is in support of the project, it became clear from Borissov's words in an interview with the Bulgarian National Television.
PM Putin and PM Borissov had a talk in Gdansk on Tuesday. Putin demanded a quick answer as to whether the energy projects would be implemented or not. Borissov was categorical that he favoured South Stream.
"We agreed with Prime Minister Putin that Bulgaria will be ready with the financial planning of Belene NPP by November. Until then, our experts will do the calculations. We will inform the public if the project is worth it when we finish the calculations," Borissov said.
To his words, the previous government did nothing on the implementation of Belene NPP or Bourgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline projects, besides making 250 million euro vanish into thin air.
"In three months, when the Bulgarian-Russian intergovernmental commission will have a sitting in Sofia, there will be a categorical answer as to South Stream, Bourgas-Alexadroupolis and Belene NPP will be continued," Borissov said explicitly.
Borissov clarified that Putin never tried to press him during their talk.
Kristian Kosturkov

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