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Ukraine in 2016 purchased nuclear fuel worth a total of $548.81 million, which is 14.7 percent (or $94.761 million) less than in 2015.

According to the State Statistics Service, over the period Ukrainian nuclear power plants purchased Russian fuel for $386.782 million, fuel made in Sweden for $162.028 million.

Thus, the share of nuclear fuel purchases by Ukraine in 2016 from TVEL (Russia) accounted for 70.5 percent in monetary terms, from Westinghouse (Sweden) for 29.5 percent.

As reported, Ukraine in 2015 purchased nuclear fuel worth $643.57 million, including Russian fuel for $610.883 million, Swedish fuel for $32.688 million.