The technical director of the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant, replaced following the disconnection of Unit 1 from the National Energy System due to a failure, will find his place in the Nuclearelectrica team in the coming period, said on Wednesday, the general director of Nuclearelectrica, Mihai Laurențiu Gioară, at the end of the Energy Command meeting.
“Considering the resilience of the equipment recently, we considered making an assessment of his activity. There will be an appropriate causal relationship. Also, being a specialist in the field, he will find his place in the Nuclearelectrica team in the coming period, but, at this moment, in order to recalibrate the maintenance and equipment to an excellent level in the coming period and the response to such problems, another person will take over this activity,” the general director stated, quoted by Agerpres.
According to him, at Unit 1 of the Cernavodă power plant “there was an equipment failure”.
“We did not fire the man. There is an internal report that I cannot tell you about now, in this context, and we will analyze it and come back with information. (…) It is about respecting and following up on maintenance plans for critical equipment. Respecting maintenance plans is more than a procedure. Certain equipment requires checks at a certain time interval and the health status delivered at a certain time, especially at such critical moments of the power plant’s start-up. The analysis is ongoing”, mentioned Mihai Laurențiu Gioară.
Unit 1 of the Cernavodă NPP was shut down in a controlled manner and disconnected from the National Energy System on July 28, due to the low flow of the Danube. Later, in mid-August, Unit 2 was also disconnected. The two units of the Cernavodă Power Plant provided approximately 20% of the dispatchable energy.
On Friday, November 6, in the afternoon, Unit 1 of the Cernavodă power plant was resynchronized to the National Energy System, but was disconnected on Monday evening due to a failure in the classical part of the reactor, without any impact on nuclear safety, SN Nuclearelectrica announced.
“Measures will be taken at the level of the technical management of the power plant, which is responsible for ensuring the availability of the equipment necessary for the operation of Unit 1 of the Cernavodă NPP. Thus, starting with 01.12.2026, the Technical Director of the Cernavodă NPP will be replaced. The root cause will be the subject of a subsequent report,” Nuclearelectrica sent in a statement signed by the company’s general manager, Mihai Laurențiu Gioară.
SNN also announced that Unit 1 of the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant (CNE) will be reconnected to the National Energy System (SEN) on Friday, November 13, with a one-day delay compared to the initially communicated schedule.