Ukraine eyes deal to buy two nuclear reactors from Bulgaria: report

Ukraine hopes to sign a deal later this year to buy two nuclear reactors from Bulgaria as it seeks to compensate for the loss of its Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, according to a report by the Reuters news agency.

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The new reactors would be installed at the Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plant in western Ukraine and provided with Russian-designed equipment that Kyiv wants to import from Bulgaria, Reuters reported, citing Petro Kotin, the head of nuclear firm Energoatom.

Exclusive: Ukraine hopes to start installing nuclear reactors from Bulgaria in June https://t.co/IW0gMPuQK7

— Reuters Energy and Commodities (@ReutersCommods) March 22, 2024

Ukraine wants the United Nations to send peacekeepers to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant even without a deal with Russia to establish a safety zone there, the head of Ukraine's state nuclear power company said https://t.co/ftUVA2bgZV

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 4, 2023

Kotin told Reuters in an interview last week that negotiations between Ukraine and Bulgaria for the purchase of this equipment were likely to conclude in June.

Ukraine continues to develop nuclear industry, despite the ongoing war

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— Energoatom (@energoatom_ua) March 21, 2024

He added that Energoatom plans to build two more reactors at Khmelnytskyi based on American technology, and that the company would start pouring concrete for the two new units in early April.

Petro Kotin discussed the development of joint projects in Ukraine with representatives of the U.S. Embassy

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— Energoatom (@energoatom_ua) March 15, 2024

Ukraina mimo wojny chce wylać cement pod atom z USA szybciej od Polski https://t.co/iyBVgfpjri

— BiznesAlert.pl ⚡ (@BiznesAlert) March 23, 2024

Russia gained control of the six-reactor Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe's largest nuclear power station, after launching its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, according to Reuters.

The resolution calling for the immediate return of the Zaporizhzhia NPP to the control of Ukraine is the toughest one of all those approved earlier - Petro Kotin

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— Energoatom (@energoatom_ua) March 12, 2024

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Source: biznesalert.pl, Reuters