NNEGC Energoatom and Holtec International plan to establish a joint venture to organize a production complex and a technology center in Ukraine to localize equipment for small modular reactors (SMR) of the American company.
According to NNEGC’s post on Telegram, the facility will house an engineering and design center, storage facilities for materials and component production, as well as training facilities, including an SMR simulator.
The production is expected to create thousands of jobs for qualified Ukrainian personnel.
“The introduction of advanced technologies and the construction of modern Holtec production facilities in Ukraine will be of great importance for the post-war economic recovery of our country. Cooperation with Holtec gives Ukraine the opportunity to become a leader in the global nuclear energy sector,” Energoatom President Petro Kotin was quoted as saying in the statement.
“We believe that Ukraine has demonstrated its ability to build and commission a powerful nuclear facility, despite the continuous barrage of Russian missiles. Therefore, Ukraine’s recovery can begin without waiting for the end of hostilities,” said Holtec President and CEO Dr. Chris Singh.
As reported, in November 2022, Ukraine and the United States announced a project to build an SMR in Ukraine. In addition to generating electricity using SMR and advanced electrolysis technologies, the country also plans to produce pure hydrogen and ammonia.
In April 2023, Energoatom and Holtec signed a cooperation agreement on SMR deployment, which envisages the construction of up to 20 SMR-160 light water reactors, with the implementation of the first pilot project and reaching the minimum regulated reactor power and grid connection by March 2029.
Holtec also announced plans to organize facilities in Ukraine to train personnel, transfer the necessary technologies, manufacture and maintain SMR equipment. “Ukrenergo has already recommended 16 TPP sites where they could be located.
State enterprise NAEK Energoatom on December 6 announced a tender for compulsory insurance of civil liability of business entities for damage that may be caused by fires and accidents at high-risk facilities, including fire-hazardous facilities and facilities whose economic activities may lead to accidents of environmental and sanitary-epidemiological nature.
As reported in the e-procurement system Prozorro, the expected cost of services is UAH 10,404 thousand.
Applications for participation in the tender are accepted until December 14.
On August 15, the state-owned enterprise NAEK Energoatom (Kyiv) announced a tender for compulsory motor third party liability insurance for owners of land vehicles (MTPL).
As reported in the Prozorro electronic public procurement system, the total expected cost is UAH 99,944 thousand.
The deadline for submitting tender documents is August 23.
On July 26, Energoatom (Kyiv) announced a tender for compulsory motor vehicle liability insurance for owners of land vehicles.
According to the Prozorro electronic public procurement system, the total expected cost is UAH 99.944 thousand.
The deadline for submitting documents for the tender is August 4.
The state enterprise “NAEK “Energoatom” (Kiev) on June 29 announced a tender for compulsory motor third party liability insurance of owners of land vehicles (MTPL).
As reported in the electronic public procurement system Prozorro, the total expected cost of 1.083 million UAH.
The deadline for submission of documents for the tender is July 11
The Cabinet of Ministers at its June 27, 2023 meeting approved a plan to transform the state-owned NNEGC Energoatom into a joint stock company with 100% of its shares owned by the state, the company reported in Telegram.
“This is another step in fulfilling Ukraine’s international obligations to bring the management of state-owned enterprises in line with the best international standards of corporate governance,” the NAEC commented.
According to the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, during June-July 2023 a complete inventory of the property of the enterprise should be conducted and a company for an independent assessment of the property should be selected.
In November, the act of property assessment should be approved, drafts of government decisions on the approval of the transfer act of the property in the charter capital of the JSC should be prepared;
The issue of Energoatom shares is scheduled for December, while the process of transforming the state-owned enterprise into a JSC is expected to be completed by March 2024.
As reported with reference to Peter Kotin, president of Energoatom, NAEC expects to complete corporatization of the company, according to optimistic estimates, in six months, according to pessimistic estimates – in a year.
“There are a lot of processes going on right now and the main one is to conduct an inventory of all assets as well as to collect creditors’ appeals. This is not an easy procedure,” he said in mid-June.
At the same time, he specified that with regard to the Zaporizhzhia NPP occupied by the Russian invaders “we will use the preliminary, pre-war inventory data for now, and then (when the plant returns under the control of Ukraine – IF-U) we will adjust”.
At the beginning of May the Cabinet of Ministers started the procedure for reorganization of the state enterprise by means of its transformation into the National Atomic Energy Generating Company Energoatom JSC, 100% shares in the authorized capital of which belong to the state and are not subject to privatization or alienation by other means.
The Cabinet of Ministers also created a commission for Enerhoatom’s transformation and approved its composition, set a two-month deadline for lenders to file their claims against the company, and formed an inventory commission.
Before that, on March 17, 2023, President Vladimir Zelenski signed the law “On the peculiarities of formation of the joint stock company NAEK Energoatom.
“Energoatom” is the operator of all four operating NPPs in Ukraine. It operates Zaporizhzhya, Pivdenno-Ukrainian, Rivne and Khmelnitsky plants with 15 power units equipped with water-water power reactors, with a total installed electric capacity of 13.8 GW. The 6GW ZNPP has been under Russian occupation since May 4, 2022.
