Investment funds interested in Cernavoda’s units 3 and 4

Several investment funds have expressed interest to finance the Units 3 and 4 from Cernavoda, project valued at EUR 6.5bn. These funds are not however among the most serious and famous, which is why the national authorities hesitate to accept them in the project, according to sources close to this situation. The general entrepreneur of the project – Lavalin – has expressed its intention to become a shareholder of the project company – EnergoNuclear – with a 5% stake, to help funding the construction of the two nuclear reactors. The representatives of the Ministry of Economy requested the Canadian company to find other serious investors for the project, to take over from Nuclearelectrica a higher stake in EnergoNuclear.