7 contenders for Cernavoda reactor

The project for the completion of Reactor III of the Cernavoda nuclear plant, a business of some $1bn (750 million euros), has now reached the stage at which companies interested in building the reactor in a public-private partnership are being selected, announced representatives of the Ministry of Economy and Trade. The contenders selected by the state for completion of the Cernavoda reactor are Anglo-Indian group LNM Holdings, Enel, Ansaldo (Italy), Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), Korea Hydro Nuclear & Power, the Association of Nuclear Equipment Suppliers (Romania) and Cem Demir (Turkey).

In all, 12 letters of interest for this project were received, with bids selected based on the commitment of the companies to participate in the establishment of the company to carry out the project together with Nuclearelectrica. The Association of Nuclear Equipment Suppliers comprises Romanian suppliers of equipment used for building nuclear power stations, such as Automatica Bucharest or companies of the Tender Group, such as Vulcan Bucharest. ZF