Ukraine can complete power units for Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant without Bulgaria

Ukraine can build the third and fourth power units at the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant without purchasing nuclear reactors from Bulgaria.

Source: Ukrainian Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk

Quote: "We are considering various options. We wouldn't want to focus solely on the Bulgarian reactors. If that doesn't work out, we need to look at other possibilities. We are now working them out with our partners."

Details: Hrynchuk said Ukraine has both the technology and its own specialised personnel to carry out the construction, and nuclear reactors can be purchased from countries other than Bulgaria.

Background:

• Earlier, Hrynchuk reported that Ukraine would continue negotiations with Bulgaria for the purchase of two VVER-1000 reactors for the Khmelnytskyi NPP.
• The government plans to begin the project to complete units No. 3 and No. 4 at the plant next year.
• According to the government's programme, the updated feasibility study for the project is to be completed by 31 October 2025, and by the end of 2025, a draft law on the siting, design and construction of the units should be submitted to the parliament.
• It was previously reported that completing and building new units at the Khmelnytskyi NPP will require an additional 9,000 employees and the recruitment of new staff.
• Energoatom, Ukraine's state-run nuclear power regulator, plans to complete units No. 3 and No. 4 with Soviet-designed VVER-1000 reactors, and later build units No. 5 and No. 6 with American-made Westinghouse reactors.
• The project is expected to be financed through credit funds and Energoatom's own resources.

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