“The reactor will be cut off from the national power grid at 00:00 hours on May 5,” Nuclearelectrica said.
The company didn’t say how long until the nuclear reactor will be back up. Past scheduled maintenance works lasted around 25 to 30 days.
Cernavoda currently operates two reactors of 700 megawatts power each and covers around 20% of Romania’s electricity production.
The government plans to build two additional nuclear reactors with similar capabilities in Cernavoda, but the project was put off after several key investors withdrew from the project.