Uranium & Fuel

Ukraine-3 / Regulator Approves Commercial Use Of Westinghouse Fuel

By David Dalton
3 January 2020

Move is part of country’s efforts to reduce dependency on Russia
Regulator Approves Commercial Use Of Westinghouse Fuel
The South Ukraine nuclear power station. Photo courtesy Energoatom.
Ukraine’s State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate has approved the transition of South Ukraine-3 to the commercial use of Westinghouse supplied fuel.The regulator signed the relevant paperwork after pilot operation of the unit had shown the fuel was “safe, reliable and efficient”, state-owned nuclear utility Energoatom said.The approval followed “complex and long-term work by Ukrainian, American and Swedish specialists”, according to Natalya Shumkova, Energoatom’s executive director for nuclear and radiation safety and scientific and technical support.

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