For this project it is planned to attract “Turboatom”, it is also possible the participation of other Ukrainian enterprises.
International Holtec International, which manufactures equipment and systems for the energy industry, plans to launch in Ukraine the production of small modular reactors for nuclear power plants.
This was stated by the President of SOE “NNEGC” Energoatom “Yuriy Nedashkovsky.
“There is a very interesting suggestion which was made by the President of Holtec International Chris Singh, our President Petro Poroshenko to create in Ukraine a hub for distribution in Europe, Asia and Africa small modular reactors with the localization of production and a very large amount of equipment for Ukrainian enterprises”, – said Nedashkovsky.
He said that we are talking about reactor SMR-160. For this project it is planned to attract “Turboatom”, it is also possible the participation of other Ukrainian enterprises.
According to Nedashkovsky, the licensing of the project is expected to start in 2018, the active phase of construction in 2023.
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