The governments of Ukraine and France also renewed their agreement on the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
The Rivne nuclear power plant (NPP) near Varash is one of four operational in Ukraine. Credit: Energoatom.
French energy giant EDF and Ukrainian nuclear company Energoatom, both state-owned companies, have signed an agreement to cooperate on nuclear projects.
The agreement covers the study of EDF’s gigawatt-scale European pressurised reactor and Nuward small modular reactor technologies as well as the “exchange of experience in the operation of nuclear power plants, maintenance of safety, reliability and efficiency of reactors”.
Petro Kotin, Energoatom’s chairman, said: “Ukraine, like France, has unique experience in the nuclear industry. Therefore, our active cooperation and joint efforts in increasing the role of nuclear energy on the European continent will contribute to the achievement of climate goals and ensuring the stable production of clean and safe electricity.”
The two entities also agreed to ensure the supply of nuclear fuel for Soviet-era water-water energetic reactors for countries wanting to move away from Russian supply.
Alongside EDF and Energoatom’s agreement, the governments of the two countries agreed to a 20-year renewal of their 1998 agreement on the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Ukraine’s Economy Minister Yulia Svyridenko and French Foreign Minister Stephane Séjournay signed to renewal of the agreement, which expired four years ago, establishing the legal framework for cooperation in the field of nuclear facilities.
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