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Romania’s SMR project with NuScale hits deadlock as 80% of conditions are not met

Romania Insider 12th Oct 2026

Romanian nuclear group Nuclearelectrica (BVB: SNN) said that more than 80% of the conditions specified when it approved the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the Doicești small modular reactor (SMR) project in February remain unmet. These include critical commitments assumed by US partner NuScale.

This implies that the project as it was planned can not continue; the company said that it will reassess the SMR technologies and decide accordingly.

It concluded that there currently exist premises for the initiation of steps to update the SMR Implementation Strategy in Romania, “for which we continue to appreciate the openness of the American partners.”……………………………………….. (Subscribers only) https://www.romania-insider.com/business/romanias-smr-project-nuscale-hits-deadlock-80-conditions

October 18, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | EUROPE, Small Modular Nuclear Reactors