Romania's Nuclearelectrica Reconnects Unit to Grid

Romanian nuclear power producer Nuclearelectrica [BSE:SNN] said on Friday it has reconnected one of its two units tothe national grid after fixing a technical glitch.

Unit 1 of the Cernavoda nuclear power plant (NPP) was reconnected to the power gridduring themorning of June 12,Nuclearelectrica said in a statement filed with the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

The operator disconnected Unit 1 from the power transmission systemon June 10in order to performprecise remediationworks on the electrical powerevacuation system, while maintaining the reactor on power.

"Thesecorrectivemaintenanceoutagesareincludedintheannualbudget,andinthecaseofCernavodaNPParethreetimesbelowthecurrent averageinthenuclearindustry," the company said.

The repair workswere carried out in compliance with the procedures of the power plant, as well as the protection and safetystandards,without any adverse impacton the population, the staff, the installations and the environment, the statement added.

Last week, Nuclearelectrica completed scheduled maintenance works on Unit 2 and brought it back online. The unit was disconnected on May 8as part of a maintenance programme performed once every two years for each unit.

Blue chip Nuclearelectrica operates the country's sole nuclear power plant, located in Cernavoda, in Romania's southeast.The Cernavoda planthas two reactors of 700 megawatts each, which cover roughly a fifth of the country's power needs.

Source: SeeNews