Description: This is the only nuclear power station in Romania and the only CANDU reactor operating in Europe. The owner and operator is the Romanian nuclear state utility, Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica.
Cernavoda Unit 1 supplies more than 10% of Romania' s electricity demand. In addition Unit 1 supplies 60-80 Gcal annually for the heating of the town of Cernavoda.
Cernavoda Unit 2 is currently under construction and about 40% complete. The work is lead by SNN's traditional partners, AECL Canada and Ansaldo Italy. |