Bulgaria shuts nuclear reactor for annual repairs

SOFIA: Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant said on Monday it has shut down one of its two, 1,000-megawatt reactors for planned annual maintenance.

Unit Six of the Balkan country's only nuclear plant on the Danube river will also be reloaded with fresh nuclear fuel during the switch off.

The unit will be plugged back into the national power grid at the end of October, the plant said in a statement.

The other reactor was working at full capacity.