Romania Signs Nuclear Deal With US After China Agreement Canceled

Romania Signs Nuclear Deal With US After China Agreement Canceled
The Cernavoda nuclear power plant, 200 km (124 miles) from Bucharest, on Aug. 20, 2003. Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images
Ella Kietlinska
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Romania’s economy ministry agreed on Oct. 9 to cooperation and financing agreements with the United States for two nuclear reactors at its plant on the river Danube and refurbishment of one of its existing units, after a Romanian–Chinese partnership to add two new reactors at the plant ended earlier this year.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette and Romania’s Minister of Economy and Energy Virgil Popescu initialed a draft agreement in Washington to cooperate on the expansion and modernization of Romania’s civil nuclear power program, the U.S. Department of Energy said in a statement.
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