An International Atomic Energy Agency follow-up mission has concluded that the selection of Doicesti as the site for the deployment of small modular reactors complied with the agency’s safety standards.
The IAEA Site and External Events Design (SEED) follow-up mission’s conclusion was announced by Romania’s nuclear power company Nuclearelectrica and RoPower Nuclear, the small modular reactor (SMR) project company.
The mission was requested by Nuclearelectrica to independently assess the process against the IAEA’s safety standards, before moving on to the next phase of the site evaluation ahead of applying for a site licence at Doicesti, where a thermal power plant will be replaced.
Romania’s SMR project is aiming for a 462 MW installed capacity, using NuScale technology with six modules4, each with an installed capacity of 77 MW. The SMR project is estimated to create nearly 200 permanent jobs, 1500 construction jobs and 2300 manufacturing and component assembly jobs, as well as facility operation and maintenance jobs over the 60-year life of the facility, World Nuclear News reported.
