Vosganian said the total investment at power station Cernavoda’s nuclear reactors 3 and 4 stands at least EUR3 billion.
"The talks with the six investors selected to build nuclear reactors 3 and 4 are encouraging, meaning that we have resumed the negotiations with these companies," Vosganian said.
The Romanian authorities have selected last year six companies to form a joint venture with Nuclearelectrica to build Cernavoda’s nuclear reactors 3 and 4.
The six companies interested in building the two reactors are: Italy’s Enel SpA (ENEL.MI); Belgium’s Electrabel; Spain’s Iberdola SA (IBDRY); Czech Cez AS (BAACEZ.PR); ArcelorMittal’s Romanian unit (MS) and Germany’s RWE AG (RWE.XE).
The construction of nuclear reactors 3 and 4 is scheduled to start next year and is estimated to be completed between 2014-2015.
The power plant in Cernavoda currently has two reactors, which supply around 18% of the national electricity demand.