The head of Energoatom met with the German diplomat on January 30, 2024, at the Company's Head office.
Petro Kotin spoke about the work of Energoatom amidst the full-fledged invasion of the russian federation into Ukraine, new projects for the construction of units at the KhNPP, as well as the course of the ongoing corporatization of the Company. He noted that the process, which formally began back in 2013, was intensified in the last two years, and the transformation of the enterprise is currently reaching the finish line.
The head of Energoatom highlighted that cooperation between JSC "NNEGC "Energoatom" and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany has continued since 2015. In particular, Germany supports Ukraine in the modernization of the physical protection systems of domestic NPPs and has supplied the appropriate equipment to the Rivne and South Ukraine NPPs for 14.6 million euros.
"We are grateful for Germany's longstanding assistance and expect the expansion of our cooperation in order to strengthen the protection of the Khmelnytska NPP and the Centralized Spent Fuel Storage Facility," emphasized Acting CEO of JSC "NNEGC "Energoatom".
Petro Kotin spoke about the constant deterioration of the situation at the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP. The russians violate all the rules of nuclear and radiation safety, IAEA inspectors do not always get timely access to some facilities of the plant, and the six-year warranty period authorized by the manufacturer to the nuclear fuel utilized in all six reactors of the power plant to be expired soon.
The Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Germany to Ukraine noted that Germany is interested in continuing cooperation with Ukraine in existing projects and is open to expanding the partnership as well.
"Germany will continue cooperation with Ukraine, and will also closely monitor the situation around the Zaporizhzhia NPP. The entire world is interested in the Ukrainian utility operating all its nuclear plants reliably and safely. Joint work will go on," said Martin Jäger.
