{"id":44112,"date":"2024-11-21T16:17:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuclearelectrica.ro\/snn\/?page_id=44112"},"modified":"2024-11-26T12:36:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T12:36:54","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nuclearelectrica.ro\/snn\/en\/about-us\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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1976<\/strong>
Completion of the Romanian-Canadian feasibility study for the CANDU system in Romania<\/p>

December 1978<\/strong>
Conclusion of the contracts between ROMENERGO and AECL for the acquisition of the license of the CANDU system, the design and procurement of equipment specific to the nuclear part of Unit 1<\/p>

February 1981<\/strong>
Conclusion of the contracts of the Romanian foreign trade profile company of that time ROMENERGO with ANSALDO (Italy) and General Electric (USA) for the classical part of Unit 1<\/p>

1982<\/strong>
Pouring of the first concrete for the Unit 1 reactor building<\/p>

December 1985<\/strong>
Arrival on site and installation of the reactor vessel (Calandria) at Unit 1 of the Cernavoda NPP.<\/p>

1989<\/strong>
Installation of fuel lines at Unit 1<\/p>

December 1989<\/strong>
(Romanian Revolution) \u2013 the completion stage of Unit 1 investment is 45%<\/p>

July 1990<\/strong>
The first PRE-OSART mission at CNE Cernavoda of the International Atomic Energy Agency-IAEA from Vienna<\/p>

August 1991<\/strong>
Conclusion of the management contract for the completion of Unit 1 with the AECL-ANSALDO Consortium (AAC)<\/p>

May-June 1995<\/strong>
Nuclear fuel loading of Unit 1<\/p>

April 16, 1996<\/strong>
The first criticality of Unit 1\u2019s reactor<\/p>

July 11, 1996<\/strong>
First connection to the national power system of Unit 1 CNE Cernavoda<\/p>

December 2, 1996<\/strong>
Entering into commercial operation of Unit 1 CNE Cernavoda<\/p>

June 30, 1997<\/strong>
The full transfer of the management and exploitation responsibilities of Unit 1 from AAC to the Romanian staff<\/p>

2 July 1998<\/strong>
Establishment of the National Company \u201eNuclearelectrica\u201d \u200b\u200bSA (Hg no. 365\/1998; Mof no. 246\/03.07.1998)<\/p>

May 18, 2001<\/strong><\/p>

Signing of the contract with AECL Canada and Ansaldo Nucleare for Unit 2<\/p>

December 2002<\/strong>
February 2003 \u2013 Canadian, Italian, French and American lending commitments were signed with Societe Generale, Credit Lyonnais and the Romanian Development Bank.<\/p>

March 24, 2003<\/strong>
Entry into force of the Contract for Completion and Commissioning of Unit 2 at CNE Cernavoda, signed by SNN, AECL and ANSALDO<\/p>

March 30, 2003<\/strong>
The EURATOM loan, approved by the EC, is subject to streamlining through the implementation of a well-defined package of improvements.<\/p>

September 21, 2004<\/strong>
Start of the production of nuclear fuel necessary for the first loading of the Unit 2 reactor<\/p>

September 15, 2005<\/strong>
Fuel bundle number 50,000<\/p>

December 2005<\/strong>
The transfer process of Unit 2 systems was completed, with a total of 154 systems successfully transferred to the commissioning team.<\/p>

July 2006<\/strong>
Completion of the pressure test of the primary circuit of the Unit 2 reactor<\/p>

September 2006<\/strong>
Heavy water loading in the moderator circuit of Unit 2<\/p>

December 2, 2006<\/strong>
Anniversary of 10 years of operation of Unit 1 from CNE Cernavoda<\/p>

February 15, 2007<\/strong>
01:29 hours, the introduction of the first nuclear fuel beam into the active zone of the Unit 2 reactor at the Cernavoda NPP<\/p>

February 22, 2007<\/strong>
At 1:30, the loading of the reactor with nuclear fuel was completed.<\/p>

March 2, 2007<\/strong>
Loading of heavy water in the reactor cooling circuit<\/p>

May 6, 2007<\/strong>
at 11:25 p.m. the initiation of the chain fission reaction (criticality) took place at Unit 2<\/p>

August 7, 2007<\/strong>
at 17:21 the first parallel of Unit 2 with the national energy system was achieved, at 25% of the nominal power of 700 MWe<\/p>

September 12, 2007<\/strong>
Unit 2 reactor at CNE Cernavoda reached nominal power for the first time, during commissioning tests<\/p>

September 26, 2007<\/strong>
Operation for 10 days at nominal power<\/p>

September 28, 2007<\/strong>
Handing over the management of Unit 2 to SN Nuclearelectrica SA<\/p>

October 5, 2007<\/strong>
Official inauguration of Unit 2<\/p>

July 2, 2008<\/strong><\/p>

The anniversary of 10 years of activity, since the establishment of SNN SA<\/p>

March 25, 2009<\/strong><\/p>

Registration of the project company SC EnergoNuclear SA, which will be responsible for the construction of Units 3 and 4 at CNE Cernavoda<\/p>

November 2010<\/strong><\/p>

Obtaining the favorable opinion of the European Commission for the project of Units 3&4, based on the Euratom treaty.<\/p>

November 29, 2011<\/strong><\/p>

15 years of commercial operation of Unit 1 from the Cernavoda nuclear power plant<\/p>

November 2013<\/strong><\/p>

SNN listing on the Bucharest Stock Exchange<\/p>

November 9, 2015<\/strong><\/p>

Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding regarding the development, construction, operation and decommissioning of Units 3 and 4 from CNE Cernavoda with China General Nuclear Power Corporation<\/p>

May 8, 2019<\/strong><\/p>

Signing of the SNN-CGN Investor Agreement in preliminary form<\/p>

June 12, 2020<\/strong><\/p>

Approval in the SNN AGM of the termination of negotiations with CGN<\/p>

September 21, 2020<\/strong><\/p>

Starting from 21.09.2020, SNN was included in the indices of the global index provider FTSE Russell in the context of the transition of the Romanian capital market from the status of Frontier Market to the status of Secondary Emerging Market.<\/p>

October 9, 2020<\/strong><\/p>

Romania and the United States of America have initialed an extensive intergovernmental agreement that allows cooperation in areas of importance for Romania, such as the project of Units 3 and 4 of the Cernavod\u0103 Nuclear Power Plant, the re-engineering of Unit 1, as well as cooperation on various levels in the civil nuclear field in Romania.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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