Bulgaria

TABLE 1. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES

Fossil fuels Nuclear Renewables
Solid Liquid Gas Uranium Hydro Other renewable
Total amount 1994.9 c.d.* 7341 —** —** —**

TABLE 2. ENERGY STATISTICS

Final Energy consumption [PJ] 2000 2005 2010 2015 2019 Compound
annual growth
rate 2000–2019 (%)
Total 402 436 375 410 417 0.19
Coal, Lignate and Peat 41 43 19 16 15 -5.15
Oil 150 168 132 146 164 0.47
Natural gas 65 61 46 60 50 -1.37
Bioenergy and Waste 23 31 38 49 55 4.70
Electricity 87 92 97 102 108 1.14
Heat 37 41 42 37 25 -2.04

TABLE 3. INSTALLED CAPACITY ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION

Electricity production (GWh) 2000 2005 2010 2015 2019 Compound
annual growth
rate 2000–2019 (%)
Total 40 924 44 365 46 639 49 205 45 043 0.51
Coal, Lignate and Peat 17 207 18 625 22 606 22 522 17 563 0.11
Oil 661 606 393 182 346 -3.35
Natural gas 1 912 1 729 1 967 1 864 1 986 0.20
Bioenergy and Waste 15 17 35 272 1 483 27.35
Hydro 2 951 4 730 5 693 6 147 3 877 1.45
Nuclear 18 178 18 653 15 249 15 383 16 646 -0.46
Wind 0 5 681 1 452 1 310
Solar 0 0 15 1 383 1 832
Geothermal 0 0 0 0 0

TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

2000 2005 2010 2015 2018 2019*
Energy consumption (GJ/capita) 95.49 108.63 99.56 108.96 112.91 113.12
Final electricity consumption (kW·h/capita) 2968.2 3322.5 3597.3 3946.2 4255.3 4317.7
Final consumption of electricity in households (kW·h/capita) 1206.6 1168.7 1401.5 1482.9 1560.6 1554.6
Electricity production/Energy production (%) 30.3 28.7 33.4 32.8 33.08 29.9
Nuclear/Total electricity (%) 46.5 43.7 32.9 31.5 35.0 38.0
Ratio of external dependency (%) 46.4 47.3 40.1 36.4 36.5 38.1

TABLE 5: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2020

Reactor Unit Type Net
Capacity
[MW(e)]		 Status Operator Reactor
Supplier		 Construction
Date		 First
Criticality
Date		 First Grid
Date		 Commercial
Date		 Shutdown
Date		 UCF
for
2020
KOZLODUY-5 PWR 1003 Operational KOZNPP AEE 7/9/1980 11/5/1987 11/29/1987 12/23/1988 88.2
KOZLODUY-6 PWR 1003 Operational KOZNPP AEE 4/1/1982 5/29/1991 8/2/1991 12/30/1993 90.5
KOZLODUY-1 PWR 408 Permanent Shutdown KOZNPP AEE 4/1/1970 6/30/1974 7/24/1974 10/28/1974 12/31/2002
KOZLODUY-2 PWR 408 Permanent Shutdown KOZNPP AEE 4/1/1970 8/22/1975 8/24/1975 11/10/1975 12/31/2002
KOZLODUY-3 PWR 408 Permanent Shutdown KOZNPP AEE 10/1/1973 12/4/1980 12/17/1980 1/20/1981 12/31/2006
KOZLODUY-4 PWR 408 Permanent Shutdown KOZNPP AEE 10/1/1973 4/25/1982 5/17/1982 6/20/1982 12/31/2006
BELENE-1 PWR 953 Cancelled Constr. KOZNPP JSC ASE 1/1/1987 3/28/2012
BELENE-2 PWR 953 Cancelled Constr. KOZNPP JSC ASE 3/31/1987 3/28/2012
Data source: IAEA - Power Reactor Information System (PRIS).
Note: Table is completely generated from PRIS data to reflect the latest available information and may be more up to date than the text of the report.

TABLE 6. STATUS OF DECOMMISSIONING PROCESS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Reactor Unit Shutdown Reason Decommissioning Strategy Current Decommissioning Phase Decommissioning Licensee License Terminated
Year
Kozloduy-1 Resolution of the Council of Ministries on 31 December 2002 Immediate dismantling Partial dismantling SE RAW 2030
Kozloduy-2 Resolution of the Council of Ministries on 31 December 2002 Immediate dismantling Partial dismantling SE RAW 2030
Kozloduy-3 Resolution of the Council of Ministries on 31 December 2006 Immediate dismantling Partial dismantling SE RAW 2030
Kozloduy-4 Resolution of the Council of Ministries on 31 December 2006 Immediate dismantling Partial dismantling SE RAW 2030

TABLE 7. PLANNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Reactor unit/Project name Owner Type Capacity in MW(e) Expected construction start year Expected commercial year
KNPP-7/Kozloduy 7 Kozloduy NPP–New Build PWR up to 1200 MW —* —*

TABLE 8. SPENT FUEL INVENTORY

WWER-440 WWER-1000 Total
Fuel baskets/ CONSTOR casks Fuel assemblies Fuel baskets Fuel assemblies Fuel baskets/ CONSTOR casks Fuel assemblies
Spent Fuel Pools 5 and 6 - - - 392/403 - 795
Wet storage facility 52 1436 62 744 114 2180
Dry storage facility 17 1428 - - 17 1428