Romania
Constanța County
Oraş Cernavodã

Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant

The Nuclear Power Plant in is the only nuclear power plant in Romania. It produces around 20% of the country's electricity. It uses CANDU reactor technology from AECL, using heavy water produced at as its neutron moderator and as its coolant agent.
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  • Type: Power station
  • Description: nuclear power plant in Romania
  • Also known as: “Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Axiopolis.

Archaeological site
was a fort in the Roman province of Moesia. It was part of the defensive frontier system of the Moesian Limes along the Danube. is situated 3 km west of Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cernavodă and Cochirleni.

Town
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is a town in , , with a population of 15,088 as of 2021. The town's name is derived from the Bulgarian cherna voda, meaning 'black water'. is situated 3 km northwest of Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 7 km southwest of Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 8 km north of Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant.

Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant

Latitude
44.32096° or 44° 19′ 16″ north
Longitude
28.05585° or 28° 3′ 21″ east
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Open location code
8GPC83C4+98
Open­Street­Map ID
way 132511267
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Geo­Names ID
11839052
Wiki­data ID
Q1248956
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “АЭС Чэрнаводэ”
  • Bulgarian: “АЕЦ „Черна вода“”
  • Bulgarian: “АЕЦ Черна вода”
  • Catalan: “Central nuclear de Cernavodă”
  • Chinese: “切尔纳沃德核电站”
  • Chinese: “切爾納沃德核電廠”
  • Croatian: “Nuklearna elektrana Cernavodă”
  • Czech: “Jaderná elektrárna Cernavoda”
  • Czech: “Jaderná elektrárna Cernavodă”
  • Dutch: “Kerncentrale Cernavodă”
  • Estonian: “Cernavodă tuumaelektrijaam”
  • French: “centrale nucléaire de Cernavodă”
  • French: “Centrale nucléaire de Cernavodă”
  • German: “Kernkraftwerk Cernavodă 1”
  • German: “Kernkraftwerk Cernavodă”
  • Hungarian: “csernavodai atomerőmű”
  • Italian: “centrale nucleare di Cernavodă”
  • Italian: “Centrale nucleare di Cernavodă”
  • Japanese: “チェルナヴォダ原子力発電所”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cernavodă kjernekraftverk”
  • Norwegian: “Cernavodă kjernekraftverk”
  • Persian: “نیروگاه هسته‌ای سرناودا”
  • Polish: “Elektrownia jądrowa Cernavodă”
  • Polish: “Elektrownia Jądrowa Cernavodă”
  • Romanian: “Centrala nucleară de la Cernavodă”
  • Romanian: “Centrala Nucleară de la Cernavodă”
  • Russian: “АЭС Чернаводэ”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nuklearna elektrana Cernavodă”
  • Spanish: “Central Nuclear de Cernavodă”
  • Swedish: “Cernavodă kärnkraftverk”
  • Ukrainian: “АЕС Чорнавода”

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