About half of electricity power generation in Ukraine comes from nuclear power plants (NPPs). Currently, there are 4 NPPs with 15 reactors that have net capacity of 13.17 gigawatt (GWe). Ukraine has lost control over territories that supplied coal for thermal power plants. As a result, it has now faces a choice to import coal either from those territories, from Russia, or from other countries.
Ukraine also imports almost 100% of its nuclear power plant fuel from Russia with planned expansion from the USA - in 2015 14 out of 15 reactors were supplied by Russia and 1 by the USA’s Westinghouse. One of the ways to improve the situation is to upgrade existing reactors as has been done in other countries.This will make energy cheaper, and will decrease reliance on coal, and through substitution effect can somewhat limit demand for imported gas. Read more at http://voxukraine.org/
Ukraine also imports almost 100% of its nuclear power plant fuel from Russia with planned expansion from the USA - in 2015 14 out of 15 reactors were supplied by Russia and 1 by the USA’s Westinghouse. One of the ways to improve the situation is to upgrade existing reactors as has been done in other countries.This will make energy cheaper, and will decrease reliance on coal, and through substitution effect can somewhat limit demand for imported gas. Read more at http://voxukraine.org/
