Energoatom signed an agreement with Westinghouse Electric Company on the supply of equipment for the Khmelnytsky nuclear power plant

2023: Agreement with Westinghouse Electric Company on equipment for Khmelnytsky NPP

The company Energoatom signed an agreement the American with the company Westinghouse Electric Company to purchase equipment for constructions the power unit for. Khmelnytsky NPP The corresponding agreement was signed by Kiev the head of the Energoatom P. Kotin and the president of the American company P. Fragman in the presence of Minister G. power engineering specialists Ukraine Galushchenko.

The agreement, in particular, provides for the purchase of equipment for power unit No. 5 of the Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant, which will be built using Westinghouse AR1000 technology, the Neftegaz.ru information and analytical portal reported on December 18, 2023, citing Ukrinform agency. In total, Ukraine plans to build 9 power units using AR1000 technology. The first of them will be installed at the Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant.

In November 2023, Energoatom announced that the specialists of the Ukrainian company, together with Westinghouse, did everything possible to ensure that the nuclear units of the VVER-440, which previously used Russian fuel, already in 2023 worked on fuel produced at the company's plant in Sweden. According to Energoatom's plans, all power units of Ukrainian nuclear power plants will operate on Westinghouse fuel from 2024.^[1]

On March 17, 2023, it became known that Ukraine expects to establish its own production of nuclear fuel for nuclear power plants by 2027, which will be able to replace the Russian one, including in the European market. On March 20, 2023, the Ukrainian company Energoatom and the Canadian Cameco Corporation signed agreements in London on the mutual supply of nuclear fuel.^[2]

2022: Contract for the development of an updated feasibility study for the construction of two power units

On July 12, 2022, it became known that the American Westinghouse NAEK Energoatom they had signed a contract for constructions two blocks on. Khmelnytsky NPP To Ukraine The document, in particular, involves the development of an updated feasibility study for the construction of two power units at the KhAES. This was reported on the Westinghouse website.

It is noted that such a step will contribute to the achievement of the previously signed agreement between Westinghouse and Energoatom on the construction of AP1000 installations at units No. 5 and No. 6 of the Khmelnitsky NPP, the beginning of the licensing process and the further development of Ukrainian initiatives, and the generation of clean energy.

"We are ready to provide our technologies and equipment for AP1000 plants in Ukraine," the press service of Westinghouse Energy Systems President David Durham quotes.

The company also recalled that in June 2022, Westinghouse and Energoatom expanded agreements on the supply of all nuclear fuel for the NAEK Energoatom operational fleet in Ukraine and the construction of nine AP1000 plants throughout the country.

Earlier, the Ministry of Energy reported that Ukraine will increase the number of nuclear power units that will be built using Westinghouse technologies from 5 to 9. These are the next generation reactors with the ability to operate in maneuvering mode.^[3]

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