Nuclear energy in Romania

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Nuclear power plants in Romania:
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Currently (as of January 2018) two reactor units with a gross installed capacity of 1,411 MW (net 1,300 MW) are operated at one location in Romania . The first commercially used reactor block went into operation in 1996.

The share of nuclear power in total electricity generation is around 20%. In 2015, 66 TWh of electricity was generated in Romania , 12 TWh of which came from nuclear power plants. The cost of electricity from the Cernavodă nuclear power plant is given as 1.25 US cents per kWh.

List of nuclear reactors in Romania

List of nuclear power plants in Romania (source: IAEA, as of December 2019)
Surname block
 Reactor type model status Net
power
in MW
 Gross
power
in MW
 start of building First network
synchronization 		Commercial
operation
(planned)
 Switching off
processing
(planned)
 Feed-
in in TWh
Cernavoda 1 PHWR CANDU 6 In operation 650 706 1982-07-01 07/01/1982 1996-07-11 07/11/1996 1996-12-02 12/02/1996 - 114.28
2 PHWR CANDU 6 In operation 650 705 1983-07-01 07/01/1983 2007-08-07 08/07/2007 2007-11-01 11/01/2007 - 60.69
  1. ↑ The construction of Unit 2 was interrupted from December 1, 1990 to October 8, 2001.

Cernavodă nuclear power plant

Blocks 1 and 2

Two reactor units are currently in operation at the Cernavodă site on the Danube. The first block was built from 1982 to 1996, the second from 1983 to 2007. Both blocks each have a net output of 650  megawatts . The reactor blocks are Canadian CANDU reactors , which use heavy water as a moderator .

Blocks 3 and 4

In March 2008 the Romanian Atomic Energy Agency awarded a consortium of six international corporations the contract to build reactors 3 and 4 at the Cernavodă site for 2.3 billion euros. Consorts are six groups: Enel (Italy), RWE (its subsidiary RWE Power ), Electrabel (Belgium), Iberdrola (Spain), CEZ (Czech Republic) and ArcelorMittal Romania. On November 20, 2008, the six corporations and the Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica SA initialed an investment agreement to set up a joint project company. In January 2011, RWE, GDF Suez and Iberdrola withdrew from the project. RWE emphasized that it was not the technical quality of the new power plant, but rather the consequences of the financial crisis that made the group question the necessary investments.

In November 2015, the operating company Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica (SNN) and China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) announced the formation of a joint venture in which CGN will hold 51%. The joint venture is to complete the two reactor units 3 and 4 (type CANDU-6). Further construction is to begin in 2018.

Block 5

Block 5 will not be expanded, but will be used for other purposes.

Further nuclear power plant projects

In June 2006, RWE announced a new nuclear power plant project for Romania. The new nuclear power plant is to be built in Drobeta Turnu Severin and will produce up to 1200 MW in 2020.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Romania. IAEA - Power Reactor Information System (PRIS), accessed on January 23, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c Nuclear Power in Romania. World Nuclear Association (WNA), accessed January 23, 2018 .
  3. ^ Romania. IAEA , accessed December 6, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Romania awards billions in contract to expand the Cernavoda nuclear power plant. ( Memento from January 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on : wirtschaftsblatt.at March 6, 2008.
  5. ↑ RWE Power initials investment agreement for the Cernavoda nuclear power plant in Bucharest. (PDF) Archived from the original on January 18, 2012 ; Retrieved June 29, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Press release January 20, 2011, RWE AG