Nuclear power currently accounts for about 50 percent of Ukraine's electricity balance, and the country has the eighth-largest nuclear capacity in the world. Until recently, almost all nuclear fuel was supplied by Russia's TVEL Company, a subsidiary of the state-owned Rosatom Corporation. Recent gas disputes with Russia and shortages of coal due to the conflict in Donbas have prompted Ukrainian officials to reassess energy policies and work toward nuclear energy independence.On December 30th in Brussels, state enterprise Energoatom, which runs all four Ukrainian nuclear power plants, signed a contract with US-based Westinghouse Electric Company for a significant expansion in nuclear fuel supply over the next five years. Read more at http://ukraine.setimes.com
