"The nuclear program of Romania - the investment in units 3 and 4 from Cernavoda, priority of the national energy system"

May 26, 2016

Hotel Radison Blu

General framework

The elaboration of a new energy strategy for Romania has currently become a priority, in close coordination with the defense strategy, the energy security being an essential objective of each member country of the European Union.

According to the obligations that our country has assumed in front of the European Commission regarding the achievement of the targets to reduce the CO 2 emissions, the nuclear energy investments and the renewable energy have been assumed as a priority for the next years.

Against this background, the continuation of the nuclear program becomes implicitly part of the obligations of Romania, but also a strategic and energy security necessity.

However, the continuation of the nuclear program has no effects only on the national energy system.The entire economy of Romania can benefit from this program, all the more so as we managed to keep certain economic units certified by international bodies, which could have a consistent contribution to this investment.

Theme – Panel 1

• reactors 1 and 2 from Cernavoda and their role in the national energy system (short presentation);
• the general context of the development of new nuclear capacities in Europe and in the world;
•  European Union policy in the nuclear field;
• which means for Romania the construction of two nuclear reactors in Cernavoda;
• how we can keep the cycle integrated in the production of nuclear energy under the conditions of construction of two more reactors;
•  The investments related to the construction of two more units in Cernavoda

Theme – Panel 2

•  Financing of the construction of units 3 and 4 from Cernavoda, ways of accomplishment, comparisons with other countries;
•  Maintaining specialists in the nuclear system and continuity policies in the formation of new specialists;
•  how the problem of nuclear waste will be solved, the level of investments corroborated with financing the construction of units 3 and 4;
•  The contribution of the Romanian profile industry to the construction of two more reactors in Cernavoda, the economic emperor on the budget and the benefits of the industrialization process of Romania;
•  Investments in energy infrastructure, the impact of entering two more reactors on the national energy system;
•  The stage of negotiations with China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) and the steps that follow for the investment;
•  Nuclear security, an asset of Cernavoda CNE.