Westinghouse has signed memorandums of understanding with seven Bulgarian suppliers that will support the two-unit AP1000 project at the Kozloduy nuclear site in Bulgaria with various products and services.
The MOUs include cranes, electrical and industrial equipment, instrumentation and control equipment, logistics and transportation and piping.
The seven Bulgarian suppliers are Balkansko Echo EOOD, Bon Marine Ltd., Contragent 35 Ltd., El Kontrol EOOD, ELPROM Heavy Industries JSC, Kozloduy Ltd. and Zekalabs Ltd as listed in the Westinghouse’s May 15 press release.
As a part of Westinghouse’s “buy where we build” strategy of localization, the company has already signed MOUs with 30 Bulgarian suppliers to support the Kozloduy project, the company said.
According to the release, the agreements are a direct result of the second Westinghouse Bulgaria Supplier Symposium, which was held in Sofia, Bulgaria on May 1.
The Kozdoluy nuclear plant is the only nuclear plant in Bulgaria and provides around a third of the country’s electricity. The plant has two pressurized water reactors in VVER-1000 reactors currently in operation.
