The management of the Cernavodă nuclear power plant was changed following the incident at Unit 1 / “He will find his place on the Nuclearelectrica team in the coming period”

The Technical Director of the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant, who will be replaced as of December 1 following the incident that led to Unit 1 being shut down, will not be dismissed and will take on another role within Nuclearelectrica. The announcement was made on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, by the company’s General Director, Mihai Laurențiu Gioară, following the meeting of the Energy Command.

Gioară stated that the change is related to the assessment of performance and the need to improve maintenance of critical equipment, following repeated availability issues. According to him, a malfunction was identified at Unit 1 in equipment in the conventional part of the reactor, with no impact on nuclear safety.

Unit 1 was resynchronized with the National Energy System on November 6, after a shutdown caused by the Danube’s low flow, but it was disconnected again a few days later. Nuclearelectrica then announced measures at the technical management level and the preparation of a report on the underlying cause.

The General Director emphasized that this is not a dismissal and that the internal analysis is ongoing. The two units at Cernavodă supplied approximately 20% of the National Energy System’s electricity.