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Energoatom and British-German-Dutch company URENCO have signed a three-year contract for the supply of enriched uranium for the needs of Ukrainian nuclear power plants (NPP).

According to an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent, the document was signed in Kyiv on August 18.

“We have signed a contract for the supply of enriched uranium for the needs of Ukrainian NPPs. This product during three years will be delivered to the Westinghouse plant in Sweden, which produces fuel assemblies for our nuclear power plants,” Energoatom President Yuriy Nedashkovsky said.

He added the document foresees the annual guaranteed supply of two batches of enriched uranium, as well as two optional deliveries a year.

URENCO has become a supplier of enriched uranium for Energoatom on the results of the tender, in which five companies participated.