Project · Nuclear · Romania
Cernavodă Unit 1 refurbishment
Life extension of Unit 1, including reactor refurbishment, equipment renewal and supporting infrastructure. Preparation runs through 2027; reactor refurbishment is planned for 2027–2030.
Checked by hand against the sources below (2026-11-08).
- Engineering (now)
- Fabrication
- Construction (now)
- Hook-up (next)
- Commissioning
- Operation
Now Engineering · Construction (reported: Engineering, procurement and supporting infrastructure construction; reactor refurbishment planned for 2027–2030.)
Next Hook-up · not announced
Roles Construction & supervision · Commissioning & start-up · QA/QC & HSE · Role groups per phase: our planning assumption from the Crew Forecast model.
Their rate stays; our fee goes on top: 20% → 15% → 12%. Open book →
Who works on it as the sources name them
- NuclearelectricaOperator / ownerowner / client
- Candu EnergyEPC / main contractorEPC consortium member
- Canadian Commercial CorporationEPC / main contractorEPC consortium member
- Ansaldo NucleareEPC / main contractorEPC consortium member
- Korea Hydro & Nuclear PowerEPC / main contractorEPC consortium member
Contract awards public notices that name this project
Retechnologization works of Unit 1 CNE Cernavodă machine translation
Original title: Lucrări de Retehnologizare a Unității 1 CNE Cernavodă
- Buyer
- NUCLEARELECTRICA
- Value
- €1,955,894,206
Work type, our reading Construction & supervision
- Kind
- Nuclear
- Country
- Romania
- Size
- Unit 1: intended 30-year operating-life extension
- Operator
- Nuclearelectrica
- Position
- country only
Sources
- Official award notice 674215-2026TED, Tenders Electronic Daily (EU) · published 2026-09-30 · read 2026-11-08
- Unit 1 refurbishment: scope and programmeNuclearelectrica · read 2026-11-08