Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) has expressed in principle support for the project and is exploring financing instruments worth about $5.6 billion, while the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has sent a letter of intent for a combined loan and equity financing of up to $2 billion, accounting for no more than 25% of the total cost of the investment.
Both commitments are non-binding and conditioned on the completion of the due diligence processes and on the internal approvals of the institutions in question.
The project in Doicesti, which is developed around the NuScale Power Module technology provided by NuScale Power, should become the first SMR project implemented in Europe, with a nameplate capacity of 462 MW.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)