AtomStroyExport, a unit of Russian nuclear group Rosatom Nuclear Energy State Corporation, will cancel a project to build a nuclear reactor in the town of Belene in Northern Bulgaria due to delays caused by the Bulgarian government's financing issues, French business daily La Tribune reported Monday, citing an internal document that AtomStroyExport sent to its parent company.
AtomStroyExport, a unit of Russian nuclear group Rosatom Nuclear Energy
State Corporation, will cancel a project to build a nuclear reactor in the town
of
Belene
in
Northern
Bulgaria
due to delays caused by the Bulgarian government's financing issues,
French business daily La Tribune reported Monday, citing an internal document
that AtomStroyExport sent to its parent company.
The delays have increased costs to EUR6.4 billion from an initial cost
estimated at EUR4 billion, according to the document, La Tribune said.
The failure of the Belene project will likely cause damages of EUR200 million
for AtomStroyExport, while the initial profit from the contract for the Russian
group was estimated at EUR150 million, it said.
France
's
Areva SA (CEI.FR) and
Germany
's
Siemens AG (SIE.XE) are subcontractors for the project.
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