Under the Decision of the Bulgarian National Assembly of 18.12.2023. for "taking actions on the construction of the 7th and 8th blocks at site No. 2 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), on 19.01.2024 "Kozloduy NPP - New capacities" company published an Announcement for determining a short list of potential construction companies for engineering, construction, delivery and commissioning of a nuclear power plant at the approved site in Kozloduy.
The required technology for the reactor is AP1000® and the submission of documents - with a deadline of 02.02.2024.
A commission requalified the candidates, who expressed their interest in the procedure in the period February 8-12, 2024.
The candidates were five, namely: Fluor B.V., Bechtel Nuclear Power Company Limited, Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd., a consortium led by China National Nuclear Corporation Overseas Ltd. and partner China Energy Engineering Group Tianjin Electric Power Construction Co., Ltd., as well as China Energy Engineering Corporation Limited.
A thorough check has been carried out to review each applicant's submitted documentation for the presence of required engineering-technical and construction experience and expertise; economic and financial capacity and availability of all required documents submitted and completed, according to the requirements specified in the Notice of Expression of Interest.
Finally, the review committee proposed a short list of potential construction companies (candidates) for engineering, construction, delivery, and commissioning of a nuclear construction site at Kozloduy, with AP1000® technology, on the "pass/fail" principle and the selected company was Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co.,Ltd.
By decision of the Board of Directors of "Kozloduy NPP - New Powers" company the commission's report was accepted and approved. /BGNES
