Ukrainian Minister of
Energy and Coal Industry Volodymyr Demchyshyn and Australian Foreign Minister
Julie Bishop have signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in
nuclear energy use for peaceful purposes.
According to an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent, the agreement was signed
in Washington on March 31 as part of the working visit of Ukrainian President
Petro Poroshenko to the United States.
"In particular, the agreement concerns the issue of uranium
supplies from Australia to Ukraine for nuclear energy," the energy
ministry earlier said.
Demchyshyn in October last year reported that Ukraine is in talks with
Kazakhstan and Australia for purchase of uranium concentrate to diversify its
supplies.
The annual needs of Ukrainian nuclear power plants for uranium
concentrate are about 2,400 tonnes, while its internal production by state
enterprise VostGOK in 2015 is planned in the amount of 1,200 tonnes.
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