Premijer Boyko Borisov naveo je ekološke zabrinutosti kao jedan od glavnih motiva zbog kojih je vlada odustala od tog projekta, kao i njegovu rastuću cijenu, koja bi do konačnog završetka izgradnje ukupno iznosila oko 10 milijardi eura.
Prime Minister Boyko Borisov cited environmental concerns as one of the government's main motives for quitting the project, as well as its growing price, which would total about 10 billion euros by the time the plant was built.