Cernavodă nuclear power plant

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Cernavodă nuclear power plant is an operating nuclear power plant in Constanța, Romania.

Project Details

Table 1: Unit-level project details for Cernavodă nuclear power plant

Unit name	Status	Commissioning year	Cancellation year	Nameplate capacity	Reactor type	Model	Owner	Operator
1	Operating	1996	–	706 MW	Pressurized heavy water reactor	CANDU 6	Ministerul Economiei; Comertului Si Mediului De Afaceri [100%]	Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica
2	Operating	2007	–	705 MW	Pressurized heavy water reactor	CANDU 6	Ministerul Economiei; Comertului Si Mediului De Afaceri [100%]	Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica
3	Pre-construction	2031 (planned)	–	720 MW	Pressurized heavy water reactor	CANDU 6	EnergoNuclear SA [100%]	Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica
4	Pre-construction	2032 (planned)	–	720 MW	Pressurized heavy water reactor	CANDU 6	EnergoNuclear SA [100%]	Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica
5	Cancelled	–	1991	706 MW	Pressurized heavy water reactor	CANDU 6	–	–

Table 2: Additional unit-level timeline details for Cernavodă nuclear power plant

Unit name	Construction start	First criticality (more info)	First grid connection	Commercial operation
1	March 31, 1983	April 16, 1996	July 11, 1996	December 2, 1996
2	July 1, 1983	May 6, 2007	August 7, 2007	November 1, 2007
3	2024	–	–	2031
4	–	–	–	2032
5	1980	–	–	–

Table 3: Additional unit-level capacity details for Cernavodă nuclear power plant

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Unit name	Reference net capacity	Design net capacity	Thermal capacity
1	650 MW	650 MW	2180 MWt
2	650 MW	650 MW	2180 MWt

Location

Table 4: Unit-level location details for Cernavodă nuclear power plant

Unit name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
1	Constanța, Constanța, Romania	44.3205, 28.0598 (exact)
2	Constanța, Constanța, Romania	44.3218, 28.0586 (exact)
3	Constanța, Constanța, Romania	44.32401, 28.0561 (exact)
4	Constanța, Constanța, Romania	44.3229, 28.0573 (exact)
5	Constanța, Constanța, Romania	44.3249, 28.0543 (exact)

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