Uranium & Fuel

Westinghouse And Energoatom Plan Production Of VVER Nuclear Fuel Elements In Ukraine

By David Dalton
11 July 2025

Move is part of Kyiv’s continuing bid to reduce dependence on Russia

Westinghouse And Energoatom Plan Production Of VVER Nuclear Fuel Elements In Ukraine
Aziz Dag (second left), Westinghouse senior vice-president of global BWR and VVER fuel business and Petro Kotin (right), acting chief executive officer of Energoatom, signing the agreement in the presence of Dan Lipman (left), Westinghouse president of energy systems and Ukraine minister of energy German Galuschenko (third left). Courtesy Westinghouse.
Westinghouse Electric Company and Ukraine’s national nuclear power company Energoatom have signed an agreement to jointly pursue the production of nuclear fuel elements for Russia-supplied VVER reactors in Ukraine.

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