OREANDA-NEWS. September 3, 2008. Belene NPP project was officially launched in Belene today.

Ministers, MPs and public figures of Bulgaria and new president of Russian Atomstroyexport company Leonid Reznikov attended the ceremony.

Stanihev pointed out that Belene NPP was vital for the economy and the energy sector of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian authorities were doing all they could for the successful implementation of that project.

Belene NPP is the biggest investment project in Bulgaria in the last 18 years. It is expected to make Bulgaria highly competitive on the world energy market. Stanishev is sure that the plant will be built in time. He pointed out that Belene NPP would not increase Bulgaria’s energy dependence on Russia but would ensure its energy independence and would help it to solve its ecological and energy safety problems.

President of Atomstroyexport Leonid Reznikov is sure that Belene NPP will be one of the most efficient and safest NPPs. “This is a nuclear power plant of new generation and it will serve people for a long time. It will be a guarantee of Bulgaria’s energy security and will strengthen friendship and cooperation between Russia and Bulgaria,” Reznikov said.