Romania’s economy ministry will sign cooperation and financing agreements with the United States on Friday regarding the construction of two nuclear reactors at its plant on the river Danube, U.S. ambassador Adrian Zuckerman said on Thursday. Romanian state-owned nuclear power producer Nuclearelectrica ended talks with China General Nuclear (CGN) about the construction of the two reactors in June after they had dragged on for six years. The firm has two 706 megawatt reactors, which account for roughly a fifth of Romania’s power production, and it wants to add two more. It also needs to refurbish the first unit. Economy Minister Virgil Popescu will sign an intergovernmental cooperation agreement with U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette for the refurbishment and the building of two new units, Zuckerman told a conference. “This $8 billion project will be a paradigm for future Romanian-American economic and energy development projects,” he said, […]