“It’s clear we need the state’s support, we’ve gone past that stage when the state did everything but we’re also past the stage when the state had no role and just let operators develop,” Lulache said Tuesday at the Mediafax Talks About Energy conference.
She said the government must aid the investor that will build the two nuclear reactors.
“The nuclear solution offers stability, it is statistically proven nuclear power is not only sustainable, its cost is predictable and lower than that of other technologies,” she said.
Nuclearelectrica is majority owned by the state and its existing two nuclear reactors cover around 18% of Romania’s annual electricity needs.
In October 2014, Romania selected China General Nuclear Power Corporation for the construction of a third and fourth reactor, a project estimated at more than EUR6 billion.