Local authorities have transferred land to state nuclear operator Energoatom as the company begins preparations to build a new four-unit nuclear power station at the Chyhyryn site in central Ukraine.
Energoatom said in a statement that it is working on the search for new construction sites and the most promising is Chyryryn, near the town of Orbita in Cherkasy Oblast, about 250 km southeast of Kyiv.
The company said it is planning to build four new power units there using AP1000 technology provided by US-based Westinghouse.