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Nuclearelectrica Shareholders Approve Plans For Small Modular Reactor Project At Former Romania Coal Site

By David Dalton
13 February 2026

Doicesti could have up to six modules supplied by US company NuScale

Nuclearelectrica Shareholders Approve Plans For Small Modular Reactor Project At Former Romania Coal Site
RoPower Nuclear is planning to deploy six 77-MW NuScale SMR modules at Doicesti. Courtesy NuScale.
Nuclearelectrica, the operator of Romania’s only nuclear power station at Cernavodă, said on 12 January that its shareholders have approved the final investment decision for a 462 MW small modular reactor (SMR) project in the southern commune of Doicesti, around 90 km northwest of the capital Bucharest, which will use technology developed by US-based NuScale Power.

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