Ukrainian nuclear power plants in territory held by Kyiv will be fully operational by winter to provide electricity for the country, Ukraine’s nuclear operator said on Monday (7 August).

“All the power at our disposal will be given to the electricity grid”, after the servicing of some reactors before winter, Energoatom chief Petro Kotin told journalists.

He was speaking at the South Ukraine nuclear power station to mark the recommissioning of one of its three plants. All three are 950-MW Russia-designed pressurised water reactor units.