Romania seeks council from Areva on a second nuclear plant site

Newsroom 22/07/2010 | 14:19

Economy Ministry has asked French state-owned energy group Areva to council Romania on the location of the second nuclear power plant, Adriean Videanu, economy minister stated.

The idea of a second nuclear power plant in Romania was brought in the media’s attentions more often starting the end of 2008 and specialists talked about a location in Transilvania.

According to Videanu, the state will use the same project management mechanism as in the case of Cernavoda units 3 and 4.

“We will try to set up a company that will form the investment pool for the second nuclear power plant,” said Videanu, quoted by media reports.

Currently, Romania has two 706 MW reactors at Cernavoda, which account for roughly 18 percent of its power output. Romania plans to add two more units there by around 2016 in partnership with internationally-known companies as Electrabel, Enel, Iberdrola, CEZ, a local unit of ArcelorMittal and RWE.