{"id":727,"date":"2016-01-25T06:47:32","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T06:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/romatom.ro\/?p=727"},"modified":"2016-01-25T06:47:32","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T06:47:32","slug":"importance-of-nuclear-power-in-romanias-energy-mix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/romatom.ro\/en\/importance-of-nuclear-power-in-romanias-energy-mix\/","title":{"rendered":"Importance of Nuclear Power in Romania\u2019s Energy Mix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Importance of Nuclear Power in Romania\u2019s Energy Mix | The European Times<\/p>\n<div id=\"td-outer-wrap\">\n<div class=\"td-transition-content-and-menu td-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"td-main-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"td-container td-post-template-default\">\n<div class=\"td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"td-pb-span8 td-main-content\">\n<div class=\"td-ss-main-content\">\n<article id=\"post-19795\" class=\"post-19795 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-romania\">\n<div class=\"td-post-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row td-pb-row vc_custom_1453514882665\">\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container td-pb-span6\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Dr. Teodor Chirica, a nuclear engineer with more than 40 years of experience in the nuclear-energy field, has played a major role in developing Romania\u2019s nuclear-power industry. He was instrumental in launching CANDU projects in Romania and in setting up ROMATOM and its affiliation with FORATOM in 2000. Serving in various managerial positions at Nuclearelectrica from 1998 to 2009, including as CEO, after that he was Managing Director of AMEC Nuclear Romania before being appointed CEO of EnergoNuclear in 2013. 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It is low carbon, sustainable energy, with no emissions, and it offers security of supply and affordability to the customers. I would like to see nuclear energy become one of our main energy options here in Romania along with renewable and hydropower. I am confident that nuclear power is here to stay, and major nuclear projects should continue even when governments change since the implementation of a nuclear-power plant takes around seven \u2013 eight years. People are focusing attention on Black Sea shale gas and on making Romania a hub for its transport, but Romania could also process an important share of this gas through reviving our industrial activities based on our tradition in chemical and fertilizers plants. This would require reliable energy supplies and nuclear power could provide those supplies. In any case I believe that fossil fuels, especially gas should only be used for industrial purposes, not by households.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>European Times: Why should international investors target Romania\u2019s nuclear-power sector?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. Teodor Chirica: The Romanian nuclear industry is strong and stable. Our safety culture has been praised by the World Association of Nuclear Operators and by the International Agency for Nuclear Energy. Romania\u2019s nuclear industry benefits from strong management and an excellent international reputation. Among former communist countries, only two \u2013 Slovenia and Romania \u2014 have nuclear-energy industries of Western design and operated according to international standards. Romania\u2019s Cernavoda plant has implemented more than 80% of the required post-Fukushima nuclear safety improvements. Some countries have not even begun to make these upgrades.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>European Times: What is your personal message to investors?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Dr. Teodor Chirica:<\/strong> Romania is a beautiful country with great business potential. We welcome strong partnerships. Romania needs to revive its industrial activities and this means we need to develop reliable energy resources. 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