Today, at the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy and Climate Cooperation (P-TECC) Ministerial in Bucharest, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie Jenkins, and U.S. Trade and Development Agency Director Enoh T. Ebong joined Romania Minister of Energy Sebastian Burduja and industry executives from U.S. firms Fluor Corporation and NuScale Power and Romania firms RoPower and SN Nuclearelectrica to celebrate a significant milestone in Romania’s flagship small modular reactor (SMR) project, utilizing NuScale technology, advancing it towards deployment in 2029. Fluor Corporation and RoPower signed an agreement for the second phase of the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) study that will position the project to move to a final investment decision and construction. The first phase of the FEED study was completed in late 2023 with funding from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, U.S. Department of State, the Government of Romania, and NuScale Power. Building on over a quarter century of Romania’s safe and secure nuclear power plant operation experience, this leading edge SMR project will replace a former coal plant in Doicesti with clean, carbon-free power, create jobs, spur economic growth, and help establish Romania as a clean energy leader in the region. The United States is committed to supporting the use of advanced nuclear technologies to power global decarbonization efforts and provide energy security to partners around the world. (Source: https://ro.usembassy.gov)
An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 shook Romania’s capital Bucharest and parts of Eastern Romania on Monday afternoon, September 16, around 17:40. No damages were reported after the event. According to the National Institute for Earth’s Physics (INFP), the earthquake occurred in the Vrancea seismic area, some 56 km North-West of Buzau and 59 km East […]
Romania and the United States, through the head of the prime minister’s chancellery Alexandru-Mihai Ghigiu, and the US ambassador to Romania, Kathleen Kavalec, have signed a five-year Child Protection Framework Partnership valued at USD 10 million. The purpose of the partnership is to create a victim-centered prevention strategy and protect child victims of trafficking, according […]
A snow layer of around 5 cm has fallen on Romania’s Transalpina mountain road, at altitudes over 1,900 meters, according to Gorj County authorities. The snow is particularly present in the Dengherul - Cărbunele sector, and visibility is reduced due to fog. The Gorj Mountain Rescue Service (Salvamont) advises drivers intending to cross Transalpina over […]
Nobel Prize for Literature winner Abdulrazak Gurnah, Irish novelist, poet and playwright Colm Tóibín, Spanish author Clara Usón, Israeli writer Zeruya Shalev, and French novelist and essayist Pascal Bruckner are among the guests of this year’s Iaşi International Festival of Literature and Translation (FILIT). The event, scheduled to take place between October 23 and October […]
Hanwha Aerospace, the largest defense company in South Korea, will begin construction of an armored vehicle factory in Romania at the beginning of next year, according to News.ro. The group plans to make Romania a regional hub for all Hanwha's land...
Turda Salt Mine (Salina Turda), one of the most spectacular tourist destinations revealing Romania’s underground wonders, will expand under a project set to kick off in 2025. The plan is to open another mine to tourists, which, local authorities say, would double the number of visitors. The project targets the 10,000 sqm Iosif mine, which […]
