Ukraine has suggested that Russia, France and the US to place bids in a tender to complete the construction of the third and fourth blocks of a nuclear power plant, the country's Fuel and Energy Ministry reported today. In order to win the commission, the ministry in cooperation with the national nuclear energy company Energoatom have outlined criteria for selecting the best bid for the construction of a new reactor facility. The tender will be closed on July 31, 2008.
Fuel and Energy Minister Yury Prodan pointed out that Russia could have a slight advantage in the tender, as in the past the criteria used to select bids for such facilities were drafted with reference to Russian-made nuclear power reactor.
(Source: RBC)
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Sounds like Ukraine is going to go for it.. and they look to be moving fast. Unlike many nations which hesitate so much and are so slow opportunity passes them by.
--aa2
Ukraine produces half of its energy by nuclear plants, and are encouraged to build even more now, which is logical way of thinking in their situation. There are still some more problems to solve, for example, that there is still no long term waste storage sites, but I believe those will be built as soon as the country starts new constructions and development of their nuclear facilities.
I look at the waste sites as future reserves. Since the current reactors only burn like 1-3% of the energy potential in the uranium. While liquid metal reactors can burn over 30%. They can use those stores of energy in the future if the price of uranium rises.
That is why I thought it was brilliant when the Russians offered(for a large fee) to take America's 'spent' fuel.
--aa2
Sure - recently Atominfo.ru has published a whole series of articles about Russia-US nuclear deals, and this program was mentioned as well.
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