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the voice of nuclear industry

Recognized in the EU taxonomy as essential for achieving climate neutrality goals by 2050, nuclear energy is becoming a pillar of European sustainability.

History

The ROMATOM Association was founded on January 10, 2001. A member of Nucleareurope, ROMATOM currently has over 60 members, starting with Nuclearelectrica, the only nuclear energy producer in Romania, to producers and suppliers of goods and services in the nuclear industry, researchers and specialists.

Activities

ROMATOM represents the voice of the nuclear industry in Romania and carries out activities in support of the nuclear industry and research in Romania: promoting the Romanian supply chain, organizing events, workshops, meetings, webinars, partnerships with local and international actors

Objectives

Promoting and implementing a common strategy for the nuclear industry in Romania, both on the domestic and international market; Educating national and local decision-makers, the population and the media on the use and benefits of nuclear energy.

Romania has a long tradition in the nuclear sector, dating back to the 1960s. With two CANDU 6 reactors, each with a capacity of 700 MWh, Romania is a significant contributor to the national energy landscape, covering 20% of energy demand and 33% of clean, low-carbon energy production. Put simply: 1 in 5 light bulbs in Romanian homes is powered by nuclear energy. In addition, Romania operates a nuclear fuel plant, a heavy water facility and supports a vibrant network of research institutes and universities, along with a developed horizontal industry that can support up to 40% of the implementation of a new nuclear project. Romania is also at the forefront of adopting Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technology, marking itself as a leader in exploring the energy of the future.

Advantages and
benefits

Romania is among the few countries in the world that has a complete industrial cycle in this field, so the advantages of nuclear energy are enormous. When the decision was made to develop nuclear energy in Romania, the fact that Romania has uranium mines was taken into account. Currently, our country extracts uranium at Crucea (Suceava County), but plans to open new mines in the Tulgheş (Harghita) – Grinţieş (Neamţ) area.

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Nuclear Energy

Fission is the basis for obtaining nuclear energy. This process consists of the absorption of a neutron by a large atomic nucleus such as uranium, which will thus become unstable. It will break into several fragments, with a large release of thermal energy, which greatly accelerates the resulting fragments, which reach very high speeds. Due to their high speed, these fragments, following fission, can in turn penetrate other atoms, where they cause other fissions.

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About us

The Romanian Atomic Forum ROMATOM was founded on January 10, 2001 by 14 companies with private or state capital and two non-governmental associations. ROMATOM, the association of the nuclear industry in Romania, is a Romanian legal entity under private law, independent and representative at national level, without patrimonial or lucrative purpose, non-governmental, non-profit, apolitical, made up of associated members or supporters.
ROMATOM members are:
- Romanian and/or foreign legal entities whose object of activity is the production of electrical and thermal energy through nuclear processes;
- suppliers of goods and service providers from the Romanian nuclear industry;
- other legal entities carrying out activities in the field of energy in general, nuclear energy in particular, or activities related to the field of nuclear energy, research in the field of atomic and nuclear physics;
- professional, technical and scientific associations.

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ROMATOM Members

ROMATOM has over 50 members, Romanian companies, with a presence in Romania or with an interest in the national nuclear industry.

Associate Members

Supporting Members

Events

1 | romatom general assembly March 28, 2025
2 | 23 iulie 2024, ROMATOM hosts host important Nuclear Energy Industry Executive Roundtable ahead of P-TECC Meeting
3 |July 2-3, 2024, Istanbul-Romatom participates in Nuclear Power Plants Expo and Summit, NPPES
4 |June 25, Bucharest, Conference: Mini But Mighty: Unleashing the potential of omall modular reactors (SMRS)
5 | June 11, Bucharest - ROMATOM Roundtable – High-level Canadian Delegation
6 | May 28-29, Brussels - ROMATOM, at the first General Assembly of the European Industrial Alliance for SMR
7 |April 24-26 Romatom, at Korea Atomic Power Annual Conference
8 | March 15 ROMATOM General Assembly

The Romanian Atomic Forum (Romatom) organized the General Assembly of 2025, bringing together 49 members of the civil nuclear industry.The event, carried out in the presence of the representatives of the Ministry of Energy, of the National Commission for the control of nuclear activities (CNCAN), of the great operators in the field and of the specialized service providers, highlighted the strategic directions and the projects that will model the future of the nuclear sector in Romania.Also, during the event were elected the Board of Directors and the president of the association.

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Over 50 leading executives from the nuclear sectors of Romania, the US, and other European nations gathered at the roundtable to tackle the challenges facing the nuclear industry and to prioritize governmental actions that would support the industry and accelerate the development of nuclear technologies, including SMRs.

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We are glad to announce the presence of Romatom at this year's NPPES edition.Moreover, Romatom leadership was invited to hold a presentation.On this occasion, the nuclear ecosystem in Romania will be promoted.

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On June 25, in Bucharest, with the support of the representation of the European Commission in Romania, Romatom and Romania Energy Center (ROEC) The mission to promote the potential of projects based on small modular reactors (SMRS) continues.

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The Romanian Atomic Forum ROMATOM had the privilege of participating on Tuesday, June 11, in a roundtable discussion with the high-level Canadian delegation that came to Bucharest to sign the framework agreement between Nuclearelectrica and Canadian Nuclear Partners for the retrofitting of Unit 1 at Cernavodă, a crucial step in strengthening energy security and sustainability in the Romanian nuclear sector.

The Romanian Atomic Forum Romatom participated in the first General Assembly of the European Industrial Alliance for small modular reactors (SMS), organized by the European Commission in Brussels between 29 and 30.

READ HERE Exclusive statements offered by Gianni Villabruna (Romatom representative within the Alliance), Cosmin Ghiță (CEO nuclearelectrica) Melania AMUZA (CEO Ropower) and Marian-Cătălin Ducu (Director for Strategy and Development, Ratten).

Between April 24-26, Romatom had the opportunity to be represented at the conference of the Korean Atomic International Forum (KAIF), an occasion on which the Supply Chain was promoted and, in particular, the Romatom community.

On March 15, the Romatom General Assembly was organized in Bucharest, an occasion with which we had the opportunity to reflect on the activity of Romatom in 2023 and to outline our strategy for 2024.

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