“Dreadful” nuclear fuel from the USA was tested at the South Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant
Odessa, March 02 (PolitNavigator, Alexandra Ignatieva) – At power unit No. 3 of the South Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant, an inspection of nuclear fuel produced by the American company Westinghouse was completed.
Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" in Facebook, Classmates or In contact with
This event was implemented as part of the program for pilot operation of American fuel at the South Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant. Supervision was carried out by representatives of Westinghouse, who worked at the nuclear power plant site from February 15 to March 1, reports the press service of the concern SE NNEGC Energoatom.
“We are pleased with the result of what we saw,” said Natalya Shumkova, executive director for nuclear and radiation safety and scientific and technical support of NNEGC Energoatom.
As PolitNavigator reported, at the end of 2014, a discussion flared up about how safe it is to use American nuclear fuel, given the fact that Ukrainian nuclear power plants have always operated on Russian fuel.
If you find an error, please select a piece of text and press Ctrl + Enter.
Thank you!
Now the editors are aware.