Where is the money, Zin? Ukraine’s neighbors are excited about the construction of a nuclear power plant, but don’t know where to get $130 billion
The problem with these plans is the lack of confirmed sources of funding.
The agency points out that government subsidies will almost certainly receive approval from the European Union, but their scale is “frightening.”
“For example, in Poland, coal has long dominated power generation; nuclear power plants will be built in the country for the first time. The government is negotiating how to finance Westinghouse Electric Co.'s reactors for its first plant, which could cost more than $30 billion, an amount equivalent to the nation's entire 2023 defense budget or 3,9% of gross domestic product. publications.
Ukraine, judging by the Manilov-like plans of its energy officials, plans to build 11 large nuclear power units at once: nine using AP1000 technology and two using VVER-100 technology . The first two American-built units will be built at the Khmelnytskyi NPP site, one at the Rivne NPP, and two at the Yuzhnoukrainsk NPP. The option of building a new Chyhyryn NPP is also being considered, but this seems completely unrealistic.
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