Romania connected its second nuclear reactor at the Cernavoda plant on the Danube River to the national energy grid for the first time on Tuesday, the Economy Ministry said.
Bucking a trend in Europe, Romania plans to inaugurate two more reactors by 2014. It has set an October 25 deadline to receive binding bids for the license to build and operate units 3 and 4 in Cernavoda, the European Union newcomer's sole nuclear power plant. The plant's first reactor went on stream in 1996 and accounts for around 10 percent of the country's power generation.
(Reuters)