Romania is committed to the Doicești small modular reactor (SMR) project but it is still at a “critical phase” where financing and outstanding conditions remain to be secured, Cristian Bușoi, state secretary at Romania's energy ministry, said.

Speaking at the recent nucleareurope conference in Brussels, Bușoi said Romania was “totally committed to go along with this project, but we are still in a critical phase, so anything can happen”.

He said the project still had “some conditions” attached to the final investment decision made earlier this year that need to be fulfilled, with a next milestone due at the end of June.