🇷🇴 Romania · 44.321, 28.060
Cernavodă
4 reactors PHWR, in service since 1996. Today it delivers 1,300 MWe net, enough for about 4,095,000 households.
Operating capacity
1,300 MWe
net electrical
Units
4
2 operating
First start-up
1996
Units
| Unit | Type | Model | Status | MWe | MWt | Construction start | Grid connection | Closure | Load factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cernavodă 1 | Pressurized heavy water (PHWR · CANDU) | CANDU-6 | Operating | 650 | 2,180 | Mar 31, 1983 | Jul 11, 1996 | — | 79.7 % (2024) |
| Cernavodă 2 | Pressurized heavy water (PHWR · CANDU) | CANDU-6 | Operating | 650 | 2,180 | Jul 1, 1983 | Aug 7, 2007 | — | 96.2 % (2024) |
| Cernavodă 3 | Pressurized heavy water (PHWR · CANDU) | CANDU-6 | Planned | 720 | — | — | 2030 (planned) | — | — |
| Cernavodă 4 | Pressurized heavy water (PHWR · CANDU) | CANDU-6 | Planned | 720 | — | — | 2031 (planned) | — | — |
Operator: Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica SA.
Owner: Ministerul Economiei; Comertului Si Mediului De Afaceri (Cernavodă 1, Cernavodă 2) · EnergoNuclear SA (Cernavodă 3, Cernavodă 4).