“Dina keeps his duties as development director and (starting Wednesday) he is also the interim general manager of Nuclearelectrica. Also yesterday, the company relieved Budulan of duty, and he will stay on with the company, until a suitable position is found,” the sources said.
Market sources told MEDIAFAX on December 2 that Budulan resigned.
“I have decided to resign, on November 30, to avoid soiling the company’s name. (…) I have been working in this sector for 30 years now,” Budulan told MEDIAFAX afterwards.
Budulan, member of the Democratic Liberal Party had been appointed to this position in 2009, by order of then Economy Minister Adriean Videanu.
Local media reported recently that Budulan’s daughter, Izabela, was appointed technical director within Nuclearelectrica, but Budulan said the company’s organizational chart does not include this position. Furthermore, according to him, Izabela Budulan had held a position within the company’s strategy-development department.
Regarding the media reports, Budulan told MEDIAFAX that his daughter was hired in 2009 following a contest. The labor contract is suspended and Izabela Budulan is in maternity leave for two years, after which she will decide whether she wants to return to Nuclearelectrica.
Nuclearelectrica is the state-owned operator of Romania’s sole nuclear power plant at Cernavoda, which is the second-largest local electricity producer.