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State company Energoatom will sign a long-term contract with the Canadian company Cameco Corp. to supply uranium hexafluoride to produce nuclear fuel for Ukrainian nuclear power plants. The parties have already agreed on the commercial terms of the 12-year agreement, which will be valid from 2024 to 2035. Under the contract, Cameco will provide 100% of Energoatom’s needs for uranium hexafluoride for the reactors of the Rivne, Khmelnytskyi, and South Ukrainian NPPs. Cameco can also supply raw materials to the

The head of state energy company Energoatom, Petro Kotin, does not believe that the IAEA will be able to achieve the creation of a safety zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. In his opinion, Ukraine has a better chance of reclaiming the nuclear power plant through military means. In particular, according to Bloomberg, Kotin assumes that in the event of a successful offensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhia region and the de-occupation of Melitopol, the

On January 3, one of the units of the state energy company Energoatom was taken offline for a scheduled overhaul. The company noted that planned overhauls are carried out once every four years to ensure nuclear and radiation safety under the license terms. Therefore, in the near future, eight nuclear power plant units located in plants in state-controlled territory will operate in Ukraine’s energy system. However, all six power units of the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhya NPP have stopped, and the

Russian troops have placed several Grad rocket launchers near power unit number six of the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, near the plant’s dry storage of spent nuclear fuel, Ukraine’s nuclear power generation company Energoatom said on Telegram. The operator said it worries the system may be used to shell the towns of Nikopol and Marhanets on the opposite bank of the Dnipro River. According to Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine is moving step by step in full

According to the President of Energoatom, Petro Kotin, the company is working with Westinghouse to create a production line of its fuel based on their technologies. The production of heads and shanks of fuel cartridges, which the American company has licensed, has already been established. Energoatom will produce half of its needs, and Westinghouse will supply the other half. Since the beginning of the war, Ukraine has stopped buying Russian nuclear fuel. Currently, Energoatom plans to switch all power units

About 500 Russian military personnel are stationed at the ZNPP, and their armored vehicles are hidden in engine rooms and in underground bunkers designed to shelter personnel in the event of a nuclear accident, said the head of Energoatom, Petro Kotin. “The Russian forces use the station as a military base. They understand that no one from Ukraine will fire at the station. This is a safe place to store their military equipment and staff,” added Kotin. The head of

 Powerful explosions shook the area of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Saturday evening and Sunday morning. IAEA experts at the plant reported that more than a dozen blasts were heard within a short period of time Sunday morning local time “in what appeared to be renewed shelling both close to and at the site of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant,” IAEA said. Ukraine state company Energoatom said in a statement Sunday that Russian shelling has hit the plant’s infrastructure more

The State Inspection of Nuclear Regulation instructed Energoatom to urgently analyze the safety risks of operating the the Zaporizhzhya NPP’s power units in the event of a drop in the Kakhov reservoir’s level, Energoreforma writes. It is noted that this document is necessary for the inspection and to make decisions regarding the ZNPP’s operation in connection with information about the mining of the Kakhovka HPP and the threat of a possible dam destruction. The destruction of the dam may lead

On November 2, due to Russian shelling, the last two high-voltage transmission lines from the ZNPP to the Ukrainian power system were damaged. The company noted that as of November 3, the power supply system for the ZNPP’s own needs was operating sufficiently, and nine diesel generators remained in operation. Power units five and six, which had been in a hot state, were transferred to a cold state. 15 days of fuel for the diesel generators remains. “Due to the

Of the 6,700 workers who remained working at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP, only about a hundred signed contracts with the illegal Ekpluatiruyushchya organization Zaporizhskaya AES company, created by the Russian Federation, which is managed by Rosatom, Energoatom reported. It is noted that the vast majority did so under pressure. Another 4,300 pro-Ukrainian workers of the ZNPP left for the Ukrainian-controlled territory. Most of the workers who remained at the station are pro-Ukrainian and continued to resist and delay the process

The Russian Federation’s military is conducting unauthorized construction work at the Zaporizhzhya NPP’s dry-spent nuclear fuel storage facility, which they currently occupy. This may indicate that the Russian Federation is preparing an act of nuclear terrorism, Energoatom said. The company stressed that Russia’s construction is illegal interference in the Zaporizhzhya NPP installation and a gross violation of both the terms of the plant’s operating license and international requirements in the field of nuclear and radiation safety. According to Energoatom, 174

State nuclear operator Energoatom is considering the possibility of resuming the construction of the Chigyryn nuclear power plant in the Cherkasy region and is preparing to carry out geodetic work. The Chigyrin community leadership and Energoatom have already held preliminary negotiations on this matter. It is noted that the meeting’s purpose was to grant permission to carry out geodetic works on the site, which is being considered for constructing a nuclear power plant. During the times of the USSR, a

 Russian forces carried out a missile attack on the site of the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant in the southern Mykolaiv region. According to the Nuclear Operator, Energoatom, all three power units are operating normally and without interruption. A powerful explosion occurred just 300 meters from the reactors, and the shock wave damaged the power plant buildings. The attack shut down one of the hydropower units of the Oleksandrivska hydroelectric power station, which is part of the South Ukrainian power

 The last remaining power line connecting the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to the Ukrainian grid was disconnected Monday after a fire caused by Russian shelling. As a result, the unit is only providing electricity to the plant itself for in-house needs, Ukraine’s nuclear energy operator Energoatom announced on Telegram. Fighting near the plant makes it impossible to carry out repairs now, Ukrainian energy minister Herman Halushchenko said on Facebook. The Energoatom spokesperson also said disconnecting the plant from the Ukrainian

The new unit, with a capacity of 1,100 MW, will be made using American Westinghouse AR1000 technology, reported gov.ua.  It is planned to be put into operation in 2032 on the site chosen for construction almost 20 years ago. Pre-project work is already underway. Specialists analyzed the current and prospective use of water resources in the area where the NPP is located and conducted an analysis of the existing infrastructure of the Rivne NPP and intersystem connections of the western

Artillery shelling of the Zaporizhzhya NPP is intended to destroy the plant’s infrastructure, damage all power lines through which electricity is supplied to Ukraine’s power system, and cut off power in the south of the country, stated Energoatom. The disconnection of the ZNPP from the power system is being facilitated by Rosatom representatives located at the station. The shelling of the station will continue until the occupiers reach their goal, said the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration. On

The Russian army dragged at least 14 units of heavy military equipment along with ammunition, other weapons, and explosives to the engine room of the 1st power unit of the ZNPP, Energoatom wrote on Facebook. The Russian military equipment prevents access to the control room of power unit No. 1 by specialized fire engines and other vehicles. Therefore, the fire risk has increased many times, and efforts to extinguish any fire would be highly problematic. If a fire occurs, for

 The US Westinghouse Electric Company announced a new contract with the Ukrainian State Nuclear company Energoatom. According to the agreement, Westinghouse will provide AP1000reactor technical information supporting Energoatom’s feasibility study update for constructing two AP1000 reactors at the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Ukraine. The effort advances the previously signed agreement between Westinghouse and Energoatom to build AP1000 plants at Khmelnytskyi NPP units five and six, begin the licensing process and further develop Ukraine’s clean energy initiatives.

From July 7, Ukraine will start exporting and importing 50 MW of electricity in the direction of Slovakia, according to Ukrenergo. For the July 7 auctions, the capacity of electricity exported to Romania and imported from it has been reduced from 100 MW to 50 MW. As reported, on June 27, the European network of electricity transmission system operators, ENTSO-E, agreed to start commercializing the first 100 MW of electricity in Europe. Romania became the first destination for electrical supply.

 At the occupied Zaporizhzhya NPP, the invaders will apparently drain the cooling pools in search of fictitious weapons belonging to workers, which could lead to a nuclear security threat. The invaders are planning to accuse the Ukrainian NPP workers of storing weapons on the plant’s territory. To those ends, several workers were detained and tortured to force them to confess that they had hidden weapons in a concrete cooling pool at Zaporizhzhia NPP in March. Energoatom emphasizes that if Zaporizhzhia