Bulgaria shortlists five companies for Belene nuclear plant

CNNC International

19/12/2019 12:17

SOFIA, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Bulgaria will invite Russia's
Rosatom, China's CNNC  2302.HK  and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
Co  015760.KS  to file binding offers as strategic investors in
its Belene nuclear power plant project by the end of April, the
energy minister said on Thursday.
   Temenizhka Petkova said invites will also be sent to France's
Framatome, a unit of EDF  EDF.PA , and General Electric  GE.N 
who had offered to provide equipment for the 10 billion euro 
($11.1 billion) project and arrange financing for it.
    in August, seven companies filed initial offers to become
strategic investors in the 2,000 megawatt project on the Danube
river.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N25G1XE
    ($1 = 0.8990 euros)

 (Reporting by Tsvetelia Tsolova; editing by Jason Neely)
 ((tsvetelia.tsolova@thomsonreuters.com; +359-2-93-99-731;))