Planuri privind construirea în România a unei centrale nuclearo-electrice cu asistenţă tehnică sovietică, 1965-1989
Plans for building a nuclear power plant in Romania with Soviet technical assistance, 1965-1989

Summary/Abstract: During the 1960s, Romania focused primarily on industrialisation of the country and the development of energetics and nuclear energetics. Consequently, in September 1965 the Romanian Communist leadership approached the Central Committee of the CPSU with the proposal of building in Romania a nuclear power plant with Soviet technical assistance. Following negotiations, in May 1970 was signed an agreement for building a VVER Nuclear power plant with a capacity of 440 MW. However, delay in negotiations regarding the reliability of the plant in the context of Romania’s seismic activity, especially after the March 1977 earthquake, as well as Romanian concerns after the 1986 Chernobyl accident led to a progressive loss of interest in the project by the Romanian side.

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