British intelligence notes Ukraine's decoupling from Russian nuclear fuel

British intelligence notes Ukraine's decoupling from Russian nuclear fuel

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Britain noted Ukraine's transition to Western-made nuclear fuel, which is another step towards energy independence from Russia.

According to Ukrinform, the UK Defense Ministry announced this on X (formerly Twitter) with reference to intelligence data.

According to the tweet, on September 10, 2023, Energoatom, Ukraine's nuclear power plant operator, announced it had successfully refueled a reactor at its Rivne Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) using Western-produced nuclear fuel assemblies.

All of Ukraine's NPPs have reactors based on Soviet designs and until February 2022 it relied on Russia for nuclear fuel. Since Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine has accelerated plans to diversify its supply.

"With nuclear energy supplying approximately half of Ukraine's electricity, Energoatom's success in sourcing and installing Western fuel is a major waypoint in Ukraine's long-term decoupling from Russia whose influence over Ukraine's energy supply is severely diminished," the ministry said.

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