KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine expects to start construction work on four new nuclear power reactors this summer or autumn, Energy Minister German Galushchenko told Reuters on Thursday, as the country seeks to compensate for lost energy capacity due to the war with Russia.

Two of the units - which include reactors and related equipment - will be based on Russian-made equipment that Ukraine wants to import from Bulgaria, while the other two will use Western technology from power equipment maker Westinghouse.

All four reactors will be built at the Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plant in the west of Ukraine, Galushchenko added.

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    9 months ago

    At least on paper. I suspect that is too optimistic for a country with so much corruption and of interest to the west, but let’s hope for the best.

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      Its not going to be fast but in comparison the UK made its last payment on its WWII loans in 2006 so its not expected to be a fast process