The General Manager of Romag-Prod, Cornel Ghiţă, showed confidence in the future of the plant, even if sources in the market say it may be in a difficult position with the last drop of heavy water delivered to Cernavodă units 3 and 4.
"We are optymistic about finding contracts, be it in Romania, or outside the country. Moreover, the lifetimes of the production lines expire the earliest in 2013 (the one commissioned in 1988) and the latest in 2021 (the last line, inaugurated in 1996)", told us Ghiţă.
On the other hand, Nuclearelectrica General Manager, Teodor Chirică, looked reserved in this respect.
Asked if, in his opinion, there is any possibility to extend the delivery contract for heavy water, Teodor Chirică said that, "for the time being", a new, additional contract for Units 3 and 4 was not envisaged. "I cannot pronounce myself on a possible extension of the production contract for heavy water after 2012".
According to data provided by Nuclearelectrica, besides the whole quantity of heavy water necessary for Cernavodă reactors 1 and 2, Romag has delivered by now 130 tons of the 1100 meant for units 3 si 4, and the difference is to be delivered by 2012. In spite of this, the representatives of the Turnu-Severin plant say it is also possible to conclude new contracts and even to extend them until 2018-2020.
However, Premier Călin Popescu Tăriceanu made surprising declarations, at least for this moment, given that the investors for Reactors 3 and 4 have not been selected yet. Exactly one month ago, at the inauguration of Cernavodă Unit 2, he announced that the Minister of Economy should think about a location where a new nuclear power station could be built. He also pointed out that only reactors 3 and 4 might be commissioned at the Cernavodă nuclear power station, because reactor 5 would be impossible to be achieved "from a technical poin
