Verkhovna Rada supports purchase of two Russian reactors for KhNPP
Parliament supports purchase of two reactors for Khmelnytskyi NPP
This was announced by MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak, Censor.NET reports.
"The government has launched the 'Great Atomic Theft' and spent $1 billion on a Russian reactor. Now tens of billions from raising tariffs for you and the entire population will go somewhere to Bulgaria to buy Russian reactors! (Oh well (if I may say so in this situation) this is a permit only for the purchase, not the start of construction. Therefore, not all 300 billion UAH will be stolen, but a little less," he said.
Which factions supported the decision
Servant of the People - 190;
European Solidarity - 0;
Batkivshchyna - 15;
Platform for Life and Peace - 16;
For the Future - 9;
Voice - 0;
Trust - 14;
Restoration of Ukraine - 12;
Non-factional - 5.
Purchase of Russian-made power units for KhNPPs
In January 2025, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Energy, Housing and Utilities completely changed the text of draft law No. 11392, which was adopted in the first reading, to allow "Energoatom" to buy Russian-made reactors from Bulgaria to complete the third and fourth power units at Khmelnytskyi NPP.
The Committee cancelled the text of draft law No. 11392, which was adopted in the first reading and provided for amendments to a number of laws on the functioning of the electricity market, and replaced it with a completely different text before the second reading, which allows the purchase of reactors.
This refers to the purchase of VVER-1000 power units manufactured by "Rosatom" for the "Belene" NPP in Bulgaria. In 2012, Bulgaria cancelled the construction of the plant. In July 2023, the Bulgarian parliament ordered negotiations with Ukraine on the sale of Russian-made VVER-1000 reactors for more than €600 million.
Khmelnytskyi NPP is located in the city of Netishyn, Khmelnytskyi region. Khmelnytskyi NPP has two VVER-1000 power units with a total capacity of 2000 MW (commissioned in 1987 and 2004).
KhNPP has two partially constructed power units for the VVER-1000 reactor. KhNPP Unit 3 is 80% complete, Unit 4 is 25% complete.
