The Americans from NuScale Power and the Romanian company RoPower Nuclear (RoPower), owned equally by Nuclearelectrica and Nova Power & Gas, announce the inking of the contract for the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) works, which marks an important step towards the implementation of a NuScale VOYGR power plants with small modular reactors (SMR) in Romania, the Romanian nuclear power producer announces Wednesday, in a press release.The contract was initialed on December 28, 2022, and the FEED works that NuScale will start will define the main and specific site characteristics for a VOYGR-6 SMR plant that could be developed on the site of the Doicesti power plant, the southern Dambovita County."We are proud to move forward in our partnership with NuScale and begin in-depth analysis and project planning at the Doicesti site. The signing of the contract for the FEED works follows almost four years of collaboration, research and studies to ensure that we select the safest and more efficient technology, as well as the right location. It also demonstrates that the partners share the same values and the commitment to build a greener and more sustainable future for the next generations," Cosmin Ghita, the managing director of Nuclearelectrica, said.The eight-month project includes the issuance of subcontracts for environmental impact assessment and subsurface geotechnical investigation, site assessment and site-specific requirements for the standard design of the NuScale plant, and the development of a cost estimate, specific to the project.NuScale's commencement of Phase 1 Front-End Engineering and Design works in partnership with Nuclearelectrica/RoPower keeps Romania on track to become the first country in Europe to benefit from safe, reliable and carbon-free small modular reactor technology. We are excited to enter this new phase of our partnership with Nuclearelectrica and RoPower as we focus on the next practical steps towards developing a NuScale VOYGR-6 SMR power plant in Romania, John Hopkins, president and chief executive officer of NuScale, assessed.Unveiled for the first time by US president Joe Biden as part of his Partnership for Infrastructure and Global Investment in June 2022, the start of these works represents a landmark progress between NuScale and Nuclearelectrica, which aims to develop the first SMRs in Europe to contribute to the fulfillment of the regional objectives of energy security and decarbonization.The start of the first stage of work follows the signing, in June last year, of a Memorandum of Understanding between NuScale and Nuclearelectrica to start carrying out engineering studies, technical reviews and authorization and licensing activities for the project.Nuclearelectrica owns the southeastern Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant, which operates the two CANDU nuclear units, each with an installed capacity of 700 MW, and the Pitesti Fuel Plant, where the fuel bundles are produced.The company contributes over 18 pct of nuclear energy in the total energy production and 33 pct in the total energy production without CO2 in Romania.
In the context in which agri-food systems are responsible for almost one third of global greenhouse gas emissions, Auchan Romania assumes an active role in the transition of its supply chain toward a more sustainable model. At the second edition of the Climate Supplier Event, organized under the aegis of the Climate Change Summit, the […]
Janiva Magness, the winner of seven Blues Music Awards following 26 nominations, and nominated for a Grammy for a career spanning 17 albums, is set to perform at the 14th edition of the Brașov Jazz & Blues Festival, which will take place between August 14–16, 2026. Magness is one of the most valuable and influential […]
Auction house Artmark announced a major auction for this winter featuring an engraving created by Francisco Goya, the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Romania's late communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu received this gift from King Juan Carlos I as a gesture of diplomacy. The engraving entitled “The Engagement – Capricho […]
Authorities managing Romania's Bicaz Gorges–Hășmaș National Park has built a fish ladder system on the Bicaz River, which will allow protected species to migrate and reproduce. There are several bridges and small bridge structures in the Bicaz River that have a “bottom sill,” meaning small waterfalls. Fish that do not jump like the trout cannot […]
The far-right opposition parties in the Romanian Parliament are set to file a motion of no confidence against the government headed by prime minister Ilie Bolojan. The motion, authored by senator Ninel Peia of the Peace – Romania First group, is specifically aimed at the reformist party Save Romania Union (USR), and is entitled “Romania […]
Romania's iconic rock singer Adrian Pleșca, known as “Artan,” died on Tuesday, December 2, after a fatal stroke, at the age of 64. The artist founded the well-known band “Timpuri Noi” in 1982 and “Partizan” in 2001, and was popular on the Romanian rock scene. Over the years, he left and returned to the two bands. Several […]
