ORDER OF THE CABINET OF MINISTERS OF UKRAINE

of November 9, 2016 No. 943-r

About approval of the Concept of the State target economic development program of nuclear industry complex for the period till 2020

1. Approve the Concept of the State target economic development program of nuclear industry complex for the period till 2020 which is attached.

2. To the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry together with other interested central executive bodies to develop and submit to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine the draft of the actions plan on implementation of the Concept of the State target economic development program of nuclear industry complex for the period till 2020.

Approved by the Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of November 9, 2016 No. 943-r

The concept of the State target economic development program of nuclear industry complex for the period till 2020

Determination of problem to which solution the program is directed

In 2015 on nuclear power plants of Ukraine 87627400000 are made. KW · h that constitutes 53,54 of percent of total production of the electric power.

Now in Ukraine 13 atomic VVER1000 reactors and two - the VVER-440 type are operated.

Providing domestic nuclear power plants with nuclear fuel is performed by JSC TVEL (Russia) and the Westinghouse company (Japan, the USA).

Expenses on purchase of nuclear fuel constitute about 40 percent of the price of the electric power developed on nuclear power plants.

For requirements satisfaction of the Ukrainian nuclear power plants in nuclear fuel the cost of uranium and services in production of nuclear fuel, including zirconium components, constitutes about 350 million US dollars a year (more than 50 percent of cost of nuclear fuel), zirconium components - about 60 million US dollars a year.

Need of development of nuclear industry complex using modern technologies is caused:

the leading value of nuclear power plants in energy balance of Ukraine;

dependence on foreign suppliers of nuclear fuel;

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