The European Commission is talking to representatives of Bulgaria's nuclear power station at Kozloduy, BTA cites Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs's office.

The Commission has never objected to an extension of the period of financial aid to Bulgaria after the two units of the Kozloduy plant were closed. These contacts will continue so that the Commission can be abreast of when and how much aid is justified, spokesman Ferran Tarradellas said. The Commission is against the amount of compensation to Bulgaria for the closure of the four reactors being increased, and there are similar cases with Slovenia and Lithuania, he added.

No concrete sum of money for a possible increase has as yet been discussed, and in any case, any such raise would have to be approved by the Commission, the European Parliament and by the Council of the EU.