The state enterprise Energoatom reported on the signing of an agreement with Westinghouse on the purchase of AP1000 equipment for power unit No. 5 at the Khmelnytsky NPP. The agreement was signed on December 17 at the Ministry of Energy with the participation of the Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko, the President of the State Enterprise “NAEK Energoatom” Petr Kotin and the Chief Executive Officer of the Westinghouse Electric Company Patrick Fragman.
We touched on the future of nuclear energy in Ukraine in a recent article about mini-nuclear power plants and the prospects for their appearance in Ukraine. This news is a small, but very important update in continuation of one of the most pressing topics of our time.
As you remember, the construction of at least four different types of reactors should soon begin in Ukraine, and back in January German Galushchenko said that the construction of AP1000 reactors from Westinghouse should complete cooperation between Ukraine and the Russian Federation in the field of nuclear energy. This agreement is another step towards achieving this goal in a process that actually started back in 2021 during the visit of Vladimir Zelensky to the United States.
I consider this an epoch-making event in the development of domestic nuclear energy. This will be the first non-Soviet (in origin) power unit in history to be built by Energoatom in Ukraine. It will have a capacity of more than 1100 MW with a safe and reliable generation III+ nuclear reactor”
Peter Kotin,
President of DP «NAEK «Energoatom»
Energoatom notes that the equipment has already been manufactured and is located in the USA, and construction work at the Khmelnitsky NPP site will begin immediately after the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopts the law on the construction of power units using AP1000 technology. Also the team of «Energoatom» has already prepared a draft feasibility study.
According to preliminary estimates, the total cost of construction of the new power unit No. 5 at the Khmelnitsky NPP, which will provide up to 9 thousand new jobs, will be about $5 billion. Financing will be carried out from Energoatom’s own funds and attracted U.S. lending. Exim Bank.
Currently, only five AP1000 units are in operation in the world, including in the USA and China, another five are almost ready for launch. In accordance with the decisions of the Cabinet of Ministers and memorandums concluded between the State Enterprise “NAEK Energoatom” and the Westinghouse Electric Company, it is planned to build 9 power units using AP1000 technology in Ukraine. The first two are right at the site of the Khmelnytsky NPP.
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