31 Aug (NucNet): Ukraine’s national nuclear energy generating company Energoatom and South Korea’s nuclear operator Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) have signed a memorandum of understanding aiming to improve bilateral cooperation in the nuclear industry, Energoatom said today.
The main focus of the cooperation efforts will include the completion of Units 3 and 4 of the Khmelnitski nuclear power station in western Ukraine, a statement said.
Under the agreement, a steering committee will be established to coordinate all questions of cooperation between the two parties, Energoatom said.
Sok Cho, chief executive of KHNP, said he remains “firmly convinced” that the completion of Khmelnitski-3 and -4 “will be successful” if Energoatom and KHNP “work together toward a common goal”, given that both companies have accumulated rich expertise in the construction and operation of nuclear power stations over the years.
In September 2015, Ukraine’s supreme legislative body, the Verkhovna Rada, approved a bill renouncing an earlier intergovernmental agreement with Russia on the construction of two new reactor units at Khmelnitski.
