UKRAINE: UKRAINE, RUSSIA SIGN ACCORD ON COMPLETING REACTORS TO REPLACE CHORNOBYL.(Brief Article)

From: IPR Strategic Business Information Database | Date: December 17, 2001 | Copyright information

Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin signed an accord in Kharkiv on 14 December on Russia's assistance in completing two reactors at the Khmelnytskyy and Rivne nuclear power plants to make up for the power output lost through the closure of Chernobyl, Ukrainian media reported. The amount Russia will provide for assistance to the project has not been made known. Last month, Kuchma announced that Kyiv is dissatisfied with a loan off...

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