Ukraine’s parliament has voted to support a draft bill allowing Kyiv to buy Russian-made reactor equipment from Bulgaria for the completion of Units 3 and 4 at the Khmelnitski nuclear power station.
The bill was approved on 11 February with 261 votes in favour, Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak announced.
Ukrainian energy minister Herman Halushchenko welcomed the decision, saying it will enable the completion of the two additional units, adding about 2,200 MW to Ukraine’s energy grid.
Ukraine has a fleet of 15 commercial nuclear plants although six, at the Russia-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear station, are in cold shutdown.