June 29 (SeeNews) - Nuclearelectrica [BSE:SNN], the operator of Romania's sole nuclear power plant Cernavoda, said on Wednesday it has reconnected to the grid one of the plant's two 700 MW units that was shut down last month for planned maintenance works.
Cernavoda NPP's Unit 1 was shut down on May 8 in order to complete the planned maintenance works, performed once every two years for each unit, Nuclearelectrica said in a filing to the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB).
The repair works were done in compliance with Cernavoda NPP procedures and they had no impact on personnel, population or environment, the company said.
In mid-May, Candu Energy, a member of Canada's SNC-Lavalin Group, said that it has been mandated by Nuclearelectrica to conduct performance optimization works on the Unit 1 CANDU nuclear reactor. SNC-Lavalin will perform axial channel shifting for several fuel channels in Unit 1 during a three-year period, it said at the time.
The Cernavoda NPP, located in southeastern Romania, has two reactors of 700 megawatts each. Its output cover around a fifth of the country's electricity needs.
Nuclearelectrica's shares traded 0.32% lower at 46.1 lei ($9.8/ 9.3 euro) as at 1545CET on Wednesday on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.
(1 euro = 4.9430 Romanian lei)
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