Power generation N.1
Power generation N.1
Power generation N.1
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Italian Ambassador visits<br />
Cernavoda nuclear<br />
power plant in Romania<br />
<strong>Power</strong> Generation<br />
news<br />
“The visit gave me the chance to<br />
see at first hand what an excellent<br />
spirit of collaboration there is<br />
between Romanian, Italian and<br />
Canadian operators working on<br />
this major project, requiring the<br />
highest quality standards, to build<br />
a nuclear power plant”, said the<br />
Italian Ambassador Daniele<br />
Mancini at the end of his visit to<br />
the Cernavoda Nuclear <strong>Power</strong><br />
Station.<br />
The new Italian Ambassador, who<br />
arrived in Bucharest three months<br />
ago, wished to visit the plant to<br />
underline the importance of the<br />
construction of this high profile<br />
strategic power plant not only for<br />
Romania, but also for Italy.<br />
“The project”, continued the<br />
Italian Ambassador, “represents a<br />
showcase for Italy’s presence in<br />
Romania and a concrete<br />
demonstration of the construction<br />
and management capabilities of<br />
Ansaldo, a benchmark operator in<br />
Italy’s advanced industrial<br />
system”.<br />
The first unit was built and<br />
commissioned in 1996 by a<br />
consortium set up by Ansaldo<br />
Energia and Canadian company<br />
AECL.<br />
For the last ten years, the first<br />
Romanian nuclear power station<br />
(700 MW) built using western<br />
CANDU technology has been<br />
producing about 10% of the<br />
country’s energy requirement.<br />
The load factor at the plant is one<br />
of the highest (about 90%) of any<br />
CANDU unit operating worldwide.<br />
This contribution to Romania’s<br />
energy independence will be<br />
doubled when the second unit at<br />
Cernavoda is synchronised with<br />
the national grid in 2007. About<br />
90 Ansaldo specialists are<br />
working locally on the<br />
construction of the second set,<br />
supervising the complex work<br />
involved in this major project with<br />
our Canadian partner and<br />
representatives of customer<br />
Nuclearelectrica.<br />
Romanian Prime Minister<br />
Tariceanu and the Minister of the<br />
Economy Seres expressed their<br />
appreciation of the work<br />
performed on a joint basis by<br />
Ansaldo and the Italo-Canadian<br />
consortium as a whole.<br />
The Romanian authorities intend<br />
to build a third and, depending on<br />
the cost, a fourth unit at the plant.<br />
The financial strategy will be<br />
defined in coming months.<br />
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