Romania
Currently two NPPs are operating in Romania at the site of Cernavoda.
Under the Ceacescu regime Romania originally planned to build 5 Candu units at Cernavoda. Because of political reasons work stopped in 1982 and was resumed in 1995.
Developments in the nuclear sector
2009, 05-30: Burst pipe forces shutdown of nuclear reactor
One of the nuclear reactors in Cernavoda (Romania) was
shut down on Saturday due to a burst water pipe (report by the Romanian news
agency Mediafax).
The damage should be repaired within a week according to plant management.
2009, April 3: Company established for new Romanian reactors
EnergoNuclear SA has been formally established to undertake the construction, commissioning and operation of two new reactors at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant in Romania.An agreement was signed in November 2008 by representatives from the seven companies investing in the construction of units 3 and 4 at the Cernavoda plant, which specified what share in the project they will each hold.
Under that agreement, Romania's state-owned Nuclearelectrica SA will hold a 51% stake in the company, while Czech utility CEZ, Belgium's Electrabel (part of GDF-Suez), Italy's Enel and Germany's RWE Power will each hold a 9.15% stake. In addition, Spain's Iberdrola and global steel producer ArcelorMittal will each hold a 6.2% stake in the project company.
The articles of association for the project company were signed on 17 December and EnergoNuclear was registered with the Romanian Trade Register on 25 March. A general meeting of the shareholders and a meeting of the board of directors was held on 2 April.
(source: world nuclear news)
2007: EIA about the completion of Cernavoda 3/4
The activities for Cernavoda NPP, Units 3 and 4, were stopped due to the lack of financial resources, but in 2006 the plan of finishing Unit 3 was resumed. An EIA process started, which was enlarged in 2007 into the plan to resume construction of unit-3 and 4 simultaneously. Austria has stated its interest in ESPOO consultation. All documents for this EIA can be found at the UBA website.
1996/2007: Operation start of Cernavoda 1/2
In 1996 the first Unit of Cernavoda NPP was commissioned.
Unit-2 was planned to be in operation by 2004. In reality it started operation only in 2007.
