“The Koreans want to buy as much as they can,” Bucur said during a seminar on energy issues.
The Economy Ministry recently said that BKB, member of the Korea Nuclear consortium, expressed a “firm” intention to buy a stake in EnergoNuclear.
The project company is 84.65% owned by state-owned plant operator Nuclearelectrica. Other shareholders include Enel Investment Holding, with 9.15%, and ArcelorMittal Galati, with 6.2%.
Enel and ArcelorMittal Galati have the possibility to double their stakes in EnergoNuclear, to 18.3% and 12.4% respectively.
Investment in the two reactors was estimated at EUR4 billion in 2008, but it will be reanalyzed.
Nuclearelectrica is seeking partners for this project after energy groups CEZ, RWE, Iberdrola and GDF SUEZ walked out early this year.
Units 3 and 4 will have installed powers of 720 MW each, and they will double the plant’s capacity.