Romania: Cernavoda Units 3 and 4 Project. Annex 2

Romania's energy supply is well diverse consisting of coal, hydropower, natural gas, nuclear energy and wind. Romania has deployed nuclear power since 1980's. Currently, 2 units of Canada Deuterium Uranium 6 reactors with 1400 MW capacity in the Cernavoda site are operational. Nuclear power in Romania provides around 20% of national energy production. Cernavoda Unit 1 was completed in 1996 and produces 705.6 MW of electricity and Cernavoda Unit 2 achieved the initial criticality in 2007 and produces 706 MW of electricity. Based on the service capacity factor of both units (91.6%), Romania has a high-capacity factor of nuclear power plants worldwide according to Nuclear Engineering International. The last years of operation records demonstrated that the Cernavoda NPPs continuously advanced on the path to nuclear excellence. The National Company NUCLEARELECTRICA S.A. (SNN), a state-owned entity, is the owner/operator of Cernavoda NPPs, having experience of NPP project construction, commissioning and operation. On the same Cernavoda NPP site, there are also two other nuclear units under construction, Units 3 and 4 (C-U3/4) and the completion of this project is the subject of this case study.