In his capacity as president of the group of pro-nuclear member states, Gerea sent a letter to EC vice-president Maros Sefcovic and EU commissioner Arias Canete, the ministry said in a statement Friday.
The letter, requiring the Commission to seek financing mechanisms for large infrastructure projects applicable in the nuclear sector, was signed by officials of Romania, France, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and the UK.
“Nuclear projects must find support and financing in the EU because they cannot be excluded from main sources of energy,” said Gerea.
Romania has been trying for nearly ten years to build two more reactors at its sole nuclear power plant, an investment estimated at over EUR6 billion.