Nuclearelectrica operates two 700-megawatt nuclear reactors on the Cernavoda platform, which jointly provide almost 20% of Romania’s energy production.
According to data provided by the company, the operating profit was 112.6 million lei (EUR24.8 million) in the first nine months of this year, 16% lower than RON135 million in the similar period of last year.
The decline was due to the “higher costs entailed by downtime at Unit 1, the longer downtime (45 days in 2012 as opposed to 20 days in 2011 at Unit 2), which implicitly led to lower production,” according to company representatives. The activity of the first reactor of the Cernavoda nuclear power plant was down in May-June for maintenance works.
For next year the company expects “a rising trend both for its turnover and for its operating profit,” according to the quoted source.
(English version by Daniela Stoican)