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October 25, 2006
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Construction works at Cernavoda nuclear units to start in 2007
Portalino (Italy)
Construction works at units 3 and 4 of the Cernavoda nuclear power station in SE Romania will start simultaneously at the beginning of next year with a series ...
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Greenpeace asks Romania not to build nuclear plants
Reuters AlertNet (UK)
BUCHAREST, Oct 25 - Environment group Greenpeace urged Romanian authorities on Wednesday not to build two new nuclear reactors for the Cernavoda ...
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India, Romania sign pacts in defence and energy sectors
Islamic Republic News Agency (Iran)
... Romania also supports India's efforts to generate nuclear energy. Romania, which is a member of the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers' Group ...
June 30, 2006
Romania - lots of companies lining up as investors in Cernavoda-3 and -4
Romania: Fifteen companies and consortiums submitted letters of intent by 23 June for the participation as potential investors in the completion of the Cernavoda-3 and -4 nuclear power reactors. However, after a review of the letters by the Evaluation & Negotiation Commission appointed by the Ministry of Economy & Commerce, the list of companies deemed qualified for the completion, commissioning and operation of the units was narrowed down to 13. These are: Electrabel SA (Belgium); Electrica SA (Romania); RWE Power (Germany); E.On Energy (Germany); Enel (Italy); Iberdrola SA (Spain); KHNP (South Korea); AES Romenergia (USA); Ansaldo (Italy)/AECL (Canada) consortium; Unit Investments (Luxembourg)/Dogan Enerji Yatirimlari (Turkey)/Dogus Holding (Turkey) consortium; Gabriel Resources (Canada); ALRO Slatina (Romania); and, ASAM-TESS CONEX Iasi (Romania). After further negotiations, the successful bidder(s) are expected to establish a joint venture with Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica SA (SNN) for the construction and operation of Cernavoda-3 and -4. (SN Nuclearelectrica, 27 June; Ministry of Economy and Commerce, 30 June; see also News Briefing 06.18-7)
[Source: World Nuclear Association, WNA
* 2005-03-25: Europe Heals Old Divide Between Bulgaria and Romania
Albena Shkodrova and Marian Chiriac, ENS
October 1, 2004
Romania seeks partners for new reactor
The Romanian government has advertised for companies interested in completing Cernavoda unit 3 - a 700 MWe Candu 6 unit - through a public-private partnership arrangement. Financing is expected to be organised early in 2006 so that the unit comes on line in 2011. Of almost US$ 1 billion, some 70% would be debt financed against future cash flow and assets, requiring a secure long-term sales contract for power. The project company would complete, own and operate the plant for a concession period of 40 years. Cernavoda 2 is 71% built and due to start up in 2007. [Energy in E.Europe 3/9/04]
[Source: World Nuclear Association Weekly Digest, October 1, 2004
August 23, 2003
Low Danube River level prompts Cernavoda shutdown
Due to low level of the river Danube, Cernavoda nuclear plant started shutdown procedure at 5:30 pm local time. The river level dropped by over sixteen inches in the three days before the shutdown decision. Meteorologists expect the level to continue to fall in coming days. Romania plans to increase generation at coal-fired plants to make up for the shutdown of the 750-megawatt nuclear plant.
[Source: Reuters, "Romania shuts down nuclear plant due to drought", August 23, 2003 2:15 pm ET]
August 15, 2003
Cernavoda-2 will raise nuclear share to 20% of Romania's electricity
In 2007, the completion of Cernavoda Unit 2 will raise the contribution of nuclear power to the National Power System to 20 per cent up from the current 10 per cent. AECL (of Canada) and Ansaldo (of Italy) have invested 700m dollars in the project. Unit 2 is expected to produce electricity for 12 dollars per MWh, the same price as Unit 1, with the delivery price to Electrica is expected to stand at 26.5 dollars per MWh. A third unit may also be built. [Source: Rompres news agency, Bucharest, "Romania: Nuclear Power To Cover 20 Per Cent Of Country's Energy Needs", August 15, 2003 0958 gmt (Copyright 2003 BBC Monitoring)]
* Romania 1998
1986
Mean individual dose to
Romanians from Chernobyl accident (over 50-year period) is projected to be
600 microSieverts. The collective dose to
Romanians over the same period is projected to be
13,500 person-Sieverts. The projections take into account inhalation from the passing cloud, ingestion through the food chain, and external irradiation from deposited radioactivity, and are based on the MESOS dispersion model developed by Helen ApSimon of Imperial College, as applied by W. Nixon, of the Safety and Reliability Directorate of the U.K. Atomic Energy Authority. [Ref: Nuclear News, "Chernobyl doses across the continent", January 1987, p. 62]
[Source: Nuclear Energy Agency (2000), as presented by THE ECONOMIC FUTURE OF NUCLEAR POWER: A Study Conducted at The University of Chicago, August 2004, p. 2-5]