BUCHAREST, July 24 (Reuters) - Romania expects to sign

an engineering contract with a consortium of four companies in

October that will put two planned nuclear reactors on a "point

of no return," Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja said on

Wednesday.

The European Union state's state-owned nuclear power

producer, Nuclearelectrica, plans to add two more reactors by

2031 and 2032, respectively, and is negotiating the contract

with a consortium made of U.S. Fluor Corporation, Sargent &

Lundy, Canada's AtkinsRealis Group ( SNCAF ) and Italy's Ansaldo Nucleare,

Burduja said.