{"id":10263,"date":"2026-05-21T07:01:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T07:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=10263"},"modified":"2026-05-21T07:01:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T07:01:36","slug":"romanian-pm-renews-criticism-of-nuclearelectricas-nuscale-smr-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=10263","title":{"rendered":"Romanian PM renews criticism of Nuclearelectrica\u2019s NuScale SMR project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Romania\u2019s acting prime minister Ilie Bolojan<\/strong> reiterated criticism of the small modular reactor (SMR) project developed by state-controlled nuclear energy producer Nuclearelectrica (BVB: SNN) with US-based NuScale Power, warning that the investment carries major financial and feasibility risks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speaking in an interview for B1 TV<\/a>, Bolojan said Romania, through Nuclearelectrica, had already spent more than USD 240 million on feasibility studies for a project based on technology that remains commercially untested.<\/p>\n

According to the prime minister, the project could ultimately fail, leaving Romania with \u201can industrial site and a bunch of paperwork.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bolojan\u2019s comments came after former Social Democratic Party’s (PSD) energy minister Bogdan Ivan accused him of undermining Romania\u2019s bilateral relations with the United States by publicly criticising the initiative. The acting prime minister rejected the accusation and argued that the concerns surrounding the project should be discussed openly, including with US partners.<\/p>\n

Bolojan referred to the high estimated cost of the electricity to be generated by the future reactors, which he said exceeds current market prices according to the project\u2019s own feasibility studies.<\/p>\n

He also suggested that Romanian authorities had already informed the US Embassy in Bucharest about the risks associated with the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if this was done, for example, with an American company, it seemed responsible to me that if you respect your partners, you should inform them,\u201d Bolojan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis project has some problems, it would be better to analyse it as carefully as possible, because if you raise it on the agenda at a certain level, knowing that it has serious feasibility problems, then it means that you do not respect your partner,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

According to Bolojan, the US Embassy \u201chas taken note\u201d of the concerns raised.<\/p>\n

Asked who bears responsibility for the situation, Bolojan pointed to Nuclearelectrica\u2019s management.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom my point of view, the management of Nuclearelectrica,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause they had to ensure that the entire project and all the amounts allocated there had a result.\u201d<\/p>\n

Romania has promoted the NuScale SMR project as a flagship strategic partnership with the United States and a potential regional first mover in deploying small modular nuclear technology.<\/p>\n

iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n

(Photo source: Gov.ro)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Romania\u2019s acting prime minister Ilie Bolojan reiterated criticism of the small modular reactor (SMR) project developed by state-controlled nuclear energy producer Nuclearelectrica (BVB: SNN) with US-based NuScale Power, warning that the investment carries major financial and feasibility risks.\u00a0 Speaking in an interview for B1 TV, Bolojan said Romania, through Nuclearelectrica, had already spent more than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}