Romanian nuclear power plant operator Nuclearelectrica announced that its project for a small modular reactor (SMR) power plant has received key approval from the Romanian National Commission for Nuclear Activities Control (CNCAN).
Nuclearelectrica develops SMR in Romania in partnership with U.S.-based NuScale.
The approval of the Licencing Basis Document (LBD) represents a key milestone of the Small Modular Reactor Project, which will facilitate the implementation of the licencing process for all the stages of the NuScale Power plant in Romania, Nuclearelectrica said in a filing with the Bucharest Stock Exchange.
The LBD establishes the licencing requirements for the six-module power plant project, the applicable, both domestic and international, regulatory documents, codes, and standards, as well as the project characteristics that ensure the fulfilment of the nuclear safety requirements and criteria.
The six-module nuclear power plant (NPP) will have a gross installed power of 462 MWe and will make Romania the second country in the world after the U.S. to implement NuScale’s SMR technology.
