Cernavodă nuclear power plant Units 3 and 4 (1400MW)

Overview:

• Cernavodă nuclear power plant Units 3 and 4 (1400MW).
• China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) and Romanian state owned energy company Nuclearelectrica have entered into a joint venture to develop Units 3 and 4 at the Cernavodă plant, with CGN owning 51% of the project.
• The two new units will have a combined capacity of 1400MW and an operating life of 30 years.
• A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between the two companies in November 2015 but the project has been hit by delays since.
• In May 2017 the Romanian energy minister stated that discussions were still proceeding.
• The Cernavodă plant itself was constructed in the 1980s and provides around 20% of the country's energy needs.

Sam Duke - Editor