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Romania currently has 1,400 MW of nuclear power capacity by means of one active nuclear power plant with 2 reactors, which constitutes around 18% of the national power generation capacity of the country. This makes Romania the 23rd largest user of nuclear power in the world. ==Cernavodă nuclear plant== (詳細はRomanian Government decided to build a five-unit nuclear power plant in Cernavodă. Romania decided to use Canadian technology (CANDU reactor technology from AECL) and build heavy water reactors, using heavy water produced at Drobeta-Turnu Severin as its neutron moderator and water from the Danube for cooling. The nuclear power plant has two fully operational reactors and another three reactors that are partially finished. Unit One was finished in 1996 and produces 705.6 MW〔(2007 News Releases - Second CANDU Unit in European Union Officially In Service )〕 of electricity. Unit Two was finished in 2007〔(Cernavoda 2 achieves initial criticality )〕 and produces 706 MW of electricity. Unit Three and Unit Four were expected to be operational by the year 2015 and the total electricity production of the units will be around 1,500 MW. The total cost of the units is expected to be around US$ 6 billion. On 7 March 2008, Nuclearelectrica, ArcelorMittal, CEZ, Electrabel, Enel, Iberdrola and RWE agreed to set up a company dedicated to the completion, commissioning and operation of Units 3 and 4. The company is expected to be registered in May 2008. When all the four reactors will be fully functional the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant will produce around 40% of Romania's total electricity needs. In 2002 and 2006, Romania made efforts to complete unit 3 and 4, respectively. The cost estimate put completion of both reactors at EUR 2.5 billion, with seven companies investing into the project, including the state run Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica. The six other companies include ArcelorMittal, CEZ, Electrabel, ENEL, Iberdrola, and RWE. With investment from all these companies, unit 3 would be completed in 2014 and unit 4 in 2015. In March 2008, the Romanian government suggested that it might build another four-unit power plant by 2020.〔"Nuclear Power in Romania." ''Australian Uranium Association.'' March 2008. The company that operates and maintains the power plant is Nuclearelectrica. 20 January 2011, GDF Suez, Iberdrola and RWE pulled out of the project, following ČEZ which had already left in 2010, citing "Economic and market-related uncertainties surrounding this project, related for the most part to the present financial crisis, are not reconcilable now with the capital requirements of a new nuclear power project".〔rwe.com 20 January 2011: (''GDF SUEZ, RWE and Iberdrola have decided not to continue to participate in the Cernavoda nuclear project in Romania'' ). See also 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nuclear power in Romania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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