Practical work has begun with Westinghouse to on the completion of Ukraine’s Khmelnitski-3 nuclear power plant using the US company’s AP1000 reactor technology, state nuclear operator Energoatom said.

Energoatom said Westinghouse engineers had visited the site for “a thorough inspection” and to determine the possibilities and measures for the completion of Unit 3.

“We have done a lot of work to prepare the documentation, now two teams of our engineers from the US and Europe have arrived, who will work with Energoatom next week, explore the site and exchange the necessary information,” Westinghouse’s first vice-president of commercial activities Elias Gideon said in a statement released by Energoatom.

Westinghouse inspected the site on 7 November and will conduct a “gap analysis” that leads to suggestions on ways to implement construction.