Ukraine intends to build NPPs, nuclear fuel production plant based on Skhidny Mining with U.S. support – MP

The project for the development of nuclear energy worth $9.6 billion presented in the United States includes the construction of two power units of the Khmelnytsky nuclear power plant (NPP) and small modular reactors (SMRs), as well as a project for the construction of a nuclear fuel production plant….

[T]hese projects are included in the $277 billion plan for the transformation of Ukraine presented in the United States during the visit of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.

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The project also provides for the supply of equipment and technologies and nuclear fuel to Ukrainian nuclear power plants….

Along with this, a project for the extraction of uranium ores and the production of nuclear fuel in Ukraine worth $1.2 billion was also presented. It provides for the construction of a mine for the extraction of uranium ores and a plant for the production of nuclear fuel (fuel elements)….The project is expected to be implemented in the period from 2022 to 2026.