Ukraine to commission new 1,000MW nuclear reactor

Ukraine to commission new 1,000MW nuclear reactor Sat

Kiev (Platts)--15Oct2004


Ukraine's state nuclear power generator EnergoAtom is to officially commission
a new 1,000MW nuclear power reactor Saturday, a company official said. The
reactor 4 at the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant has already been tested at 50%
capacity earlier this week, and is to be connected to the power grid Saturday,
the official said. 

This will be the second nuclear power reactor launched by

Ukraine during the last two months. In August, EnergoAtom commissioned a
1,000MW reactor at Khmelnytskiy NPP. The launch of the two new reactors boosts
EnergoAtom's power generating capacity by 14TWh annually, prompting the
company to seek new markets for its electricity. EnergoAtom is Ukraine's
biggest power producer. The Energy and Fuel Ministry said last week that
Ukraine mulls plans to start power exports to Germany, Italy, Turkey, and
Russia.

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