«This is just a part of the joint projects with our strategic long-term partners, the implementation of which strengthens Ukraine’s independence of russian nuclear technologies», Energoatom’s President Petro Kotin emphasized.

He also spoke about success in creating Ukraine’s own nuclear fuel assembly line that will help destroy the russian monopoly in this market.

«Ukraine continues its licensing efforts to increase industrial-scale production of fuel assembly bottom nozzles manufactured using the Westinghouse technology. In 2024, the same process is envisaged for the fuel assembly top nozzles», Energoatom’s President noted.

Petro Kotin added that commissioning of Ukraine’s own assembly line would have a positive effect on the global nuclear fuel market because this would allow using nuclear fuel not only to satisfy our own needs but also to export fuel to other countries.

«We are proud to have delivered in September the first reload batch of VVER-440 fuel assemblies to Energoatom for the Rivne NPP. This was a great milestone, following a thorough licensing process and a record-setting development program at our Västerås facility», Patrick Fragman said. «We are fully committed to continue supporting Energoatom in addressing the challenges and impacts generated by the conflict with russia».

It is worth reminding that even before the russian military aggression against Ukraine, Energoatom refused to cooperate with russia. One of Energoatom’s partners in this endeavor is Westinghouse. Their joint projects also include

• construction of new АР1000 nuclear power units in Ukraine;
• designing, manufacturing and supply of long-term reactor cooling systems with a view to upgrade one of the domestic NPPs;
• establishing of a Westinghouse Engineering & Technical Centre in Ukraine, etc.