Bulgaria

TABLE 1. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES

Estimated available energy sources
 Fossil fuels Nuclear  Renewables
Solid1 Liquid2 Gas3 Uranium4 Hydro Other renewable
 Total amount in specific units* 1700.7 .. 12.87 —    

TABLE 2. ENERGY STATISTICS

Year 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2014 2015 Compound annual growth rate (%)
2000 to 2015
Energy consumption [EJ]**
- Total 0.80 0.84 0.75 0.76 0.77 -0.37
- Solids*** 0.28 0.29 0.29 0.27 0.28 -0.26
- Liquids 0.18 0.21 0.17 0.17 0.18 -0.41
- Gases 0.12 0.12 0.10 0.10 0.11 -1.29
- Nuclear 0.21 0.20 0.16 0.17 0.16 -1.50
- Hydro 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 5.80
- Other/ renewables 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.06 0.06 8.16
Energy production [EJ]
- Total 0.43 0.44 0.45 0.47 0.48 0.64
- Solids*** 0.19 0.17 0.21 0.21 0.24 0.72
- Liquids 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
- Gases 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.00
- Nuclear 0.21 0.20 0.16 0.17 0.16 -1.50
- Hydro 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 5.08
-Other/renewables 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.06 0.06 8.16
Net import (Import - Export) [EJ]
- Total 0.37 0.40 0.30 0.27 0.29 -2.23

TABLE 3. INSTALLED CAPACITY ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION

Year 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2015* Compound annual growth rate (%)
2000 to 2015
Capacity of electrical plants (GWe)
- Thermal 6 7 5 4 -1.29
- Hydro 2 3 3 3 2.94
- Nuclear 4 3 2 2 -4.83
- Wind 0 0 0 1 0.00
- Geothermal 0 0 0 0 0.00
- Other renewable 0 0 0 1 0.00
- Total 12 13 13 11 0.00
Electricity production (TWh)
- Thermal 20 21 25 25 1.31
- Hydro 3 5 6 6 3.72
- Nuclear 18 18 15 15 -0.84
- Wind 0 0 1 1 0.00
- Geothermal 0 0 0 0 0.00
- Other renewable 0 0 0 1 0.00
- Total** 41 44 47 48 0.98
Total electricity consumption (TWh) 32 32 33 33 0.22

TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

Year 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2015*
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) 98.39 108.86 98.81 108.07
Electricity consumption per capita (kWh/capita)
Electricity production/energy production (%) 34.9 -36.4 37.8 36.4
Nuclear/total electricity (%) 43.9 40.9 31.9 31.3
Ratio of external dependency (%)** 46.0 47.5 40.5 36.7

TABLE 5: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2017

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
2017
KOZLODUY-5 PWR 963 Operational KOZNPP AEE 1980-07-09 1987-11-05 1987-11-29 1988-12-23 86.3
KOZLODUY-6 PWR 963 Operational KOZNPP AEE 1982-04-01 1991-05-29 1991-08-02 1993-12-30 88.4
KOZLODUY-1 PWR 408 Permanent Shutdown KOZNPP AEE 1970-04-01 1974-06-30 1974-07-24 1974-10-28 2002-12-31
KOZLODUY-2 PWR 408 Permanent Shutdown KOZNPP AEE 1970-04-01 1975-08-22 1975-08-24 1975-11-10 2002-12-31
KOZLODUY-3 PWR 408 Permanent Shutdown KOZNPP AEE 1973-10-01 1980-12-04 1980-12-17 1981-01-20 2006-12-31
KOZLODUY-4 PWR 408 Permanent Shutdown KOZNPP AEE 1973-10-01 1982-04-25 1982-05-17 1982-06-20 2006-12-31
BELENE-1 PWR 953 Cancelled Constr. KOZNPP JSC ASE 1987-01-01 2012-03-28
BELENE-2 PWR 953 Cancelled Constr. KOZNPP JSC ASE 1987-03-31 2012-03-28
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 Current fuel management phase Decommissioning licensee Licence terminated year
Kozloduy1 Others Dd+PD+SE* Partial dismantling 3,6,7** SE RAW 2024
Kozloduy2 Others Dd+PD+SE Partial dismantling 3,6,7 SE RAW 2024
Kozloduy3 Others Dd+PD+SE Partial dismantling 3,7 SE RAW 2026
Kozloduy4 Others Dd+PD+SE Partial dismantling 3,6,7 SE RAW 2026

TABLE 7. PLANNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Reactor unit Owner Type Capacity (MWe) Expected construction start year Expected commercial year
KNPP-7
Kozloduy 7		 Kozloduy NPP–
New Build Plc		 PWR up to 1200 MW  n.a.  n.a.