The National Committee for Emergency Situations (CNSU) approved a new decision on Friday, setting out several emergency measures and interventions to ensure the water flow required to maintain cooling at the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).
The measures include continued dredging works on the Danube in the Cernavoda area. These will be carried out as a matter of urgency by the Lower Danube River Administration, in cooperation with 'Apele Romane' National Administration, the Government said.
Also in the Cernavoda area, on the Old Danube, Apele Romane will build a groyne designed to divert part of the Danube's water towards the Danube-Black Sea Canal and, consequently, towards the water intake area of the plant's cooling systems.
The works will receive support from specialists from the Ministry of National Defence for topobathymetric and geodetic measurements, as well as assistance from military divers for underwater works.
Another measure concerns increasing the Danube's flow by releasing water from reservoirs on the Olt River. The Ministry of Energy and Hidroelectrica will begin, on 22 August, to provide an additional average flow of 50 cubic metres per second for five days. According to the Government, the additional water will also contribute to the production of additional electricity.
The Danube-Black Sea Canal will also serve as an operational reserve. At the request of the Cernavoda NPP, the Canal Administration may release a volume of water towards the plant's water intake.
In addition, the Department for Emergency Situations will deploy high-capacity pumps in the area, made available by several institutions, which can be used if necessary to maintain the water level required for the operation of the Cernavoda NPP.
According to the Government, the measures approved by the CNSU were established following analyses carried out by the institutions in charge and specialists consulted as part of the Interministerial Committee for unlocking the Bala 2 Project. AGERPRES (RO - writing by: Mihai Simionescu; EN - writing by: Adina Panaitescu)
New measures to ensure water flow required to maintain cooling at Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant
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