29 March 2012
NEW NUCLEAR: RWE, EOn pull plug on UK nuclear plans
German utilities RWE and EOn have decided not to continue with the development of new nuclear power plants in the UK, citing costs associated with Germany’s nuclear phase-out. The partners will seek new owners for their Horizon Nuclear Power joint venture.
NEW NUCLEAR: Bulgarian government drops Belene
Bulgaria will not go ahead with the completion of a new nuclear power plant at Belene. Instead it wants the Russian-supplied reactor that was to have been installed there to become the seventh unit at the existing Kozloduy site.