Ukraine has signed an agreement to buy equipment from US reactor company Westinghouse for construction of the planned Khmelnitski-5 AP1000 nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine.
The agreement was signed by Westinghouse chief executive offer Patrick Fragman, Ukraine’s energy minister Herman Halushchenko and state nuclear operator Energoatom’s president Petro Kotin.
Further collaboration was also discussed, with Energoatom planning for a total of nine Westinghouse AP1000 reactors and Westinghouse-supplied fuel for its existing VVER reactors.
The country is also exploring the potential deployment of small modular reactors, possibly using Westinghouse’s AP300 reactor technology.