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🇷🇴 Cernavoda

Name: Cernavoda
Address: Romania

Nuclear power plant · Romania

Operational

Capacity≈3,265 MW

Units5

First Online1996

Construction Start1983

Reactor TypePHWR

Coordinates44.322, 28.061

Cernavoda is a nuclear power station in Romania. Of its 5 recorded unit(s), 2 reactors are operational, 3 under construction. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 3,265 MW. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1996. Reactor technology on site: PHWR.

Reactor units at Cernavoda

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Cernavoda-3	Under Construction	PHWR	655 MW	Construction 1984
Cernavoda-4	Under Construction	PHWR	655 MW	Construction 1985
Cernavoda-5	Under Construction	PHWR	655 MW	Construction 1987
Cernavoda-1	Operational	PHWR CANDU 6	650 MW	Construction 1983 · Grid 1996
Cernavoda-2	Operational	PHWR CANDU 6	650 MW	Construction 1983 · Grid 2007

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