Energoatom has contracted a $12 million project to build protective structures at the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant against potential Russian drone and missile attacks.
As Ukrainian troops push into Russia's Kursk Oblast, the International Atomic Energy Agency raised alarms about the safety of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant's reactors, similar to those involved in the 1986 Chornobyl disaster. IAEA chief Rafael Grossi is set to inspect the facility's vulnerabilities firsthand.
Ukraine's government faces opposition to a $600 million plan to purchase Russian-made nuclear reactors from Bulgaria. Critics argue the deal could fuel corruption and question whether the aging equipment will effectively address Ukraine's energy crisis, Politico says.
Ukraine and Slovakia agreed to step up cooperation in the nuclear industry, diversification of oil and natural gas transportation, and synchronization of market conditions and products to increase liquidity in the gas and electricity markets.
Ukraine's Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) has just half of the highly trained and licensed personnel required for safe operation, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned on 6 February, dangerously threatening nuclear safety at Europe's largest facility.
UK makes landmark $381 million investment to launch first European high-assay low-enriched uranium program, producing specialist nuclear fuel domestically and ending Russia's commercial monopoly, per British gov't.