The event was attended by Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Halushchenko, President of SE "NNEGC "Energoatom" Petro Kotin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden to Ukraine Martin Åberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Westinghouse Electric Company Patrick Fragman, Managing Director of Westinghouse Electric Sweden Aziz Dag, Chief of Rivne regional military administration Vitaliy Koval and Rivne NPP Director General Pavlo Kovtonyuk.

"The greatness of this day is the end of the monopoly of the russians in this segment of the nuclear fuel market. And I really hope that this day will pave the way for quick sanctions against the russians in the nuclear energy industry," Energy Minister of Ukraine Herman Halushchenko said during the celebrations dedicated to the event.

"And the fact that we were able to do this so quickly is a great success and a significant basis for our continued cooperation with Westinghouse, which is just expanding. This is a great day for the Ukrainian energy industry, for our cooperation with the USA and Sweden, where the relevant plant is located," Herman Halushchenko said, having expressed gratitude to nuclear power professionals who worked in Sweden and Ukraine on the relevant project.

Ukraine continues to strengthen energy independence and shows the world an example of how to eliminate the terrorist state – russia– from the markets of nuclear technologies.

Currently, Energoatom is the only power generating company in the world that operates Soviet reactor facilities and was able to implement a project to diversify the supply of nuclear fuel for VVER-1000 reactors.

He also added that on this day, when the RNPP satellite city – Varash – celebrates its 50th anniversary, Ukraine begins a new "nuclear" history – with Westinghouse fuel – and puts an end to the monopoly of the aggressor country, russia, on the manufacture of fuel for NPPs.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden to Ukraine Martin Åberg emphasized that his country stands with Ukraine in the war against russia and is grateful to the Ukrainian people for their willingness to fight for democratic values.