Kozloduy nuclear plant is the major electricity producer in Bulgaria

Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania and Croatia adopted a declaration warning of grim consequences if the two reactors of Kozloduy nuclear plant were not reopened. European Commission spokesperson Ferran Tarradellas told the BBC that its position had not changed.

"We are concerned about the current electricity supply problems of the region, which could result in higher economic and political instability," the common statement of Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania and Croatia states. . The statement claimed that electricity prices had jumped 80-100% compared to 2006 after the units three and four of Kozloduy nuclear plant were closed on December 31, 2006.  It left  just two out of the six units  still in action, BBC reminded.

Prior to the shut-down in 2006, Bulgaria exported 7.8 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, the amount that roughly equals to what the two nuclear reactors in Kozloduy produced.

"Bulgaria has undertaken a commitment to close units three and four in Kozloduy as part of the accession treaty," European Commission spokesperson Ferran Tarradellas said. The chief European Commission representative in Bulgaria Michael Humphreys told the BBC that "any request to change that decision would be unacceptable“.

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