This I did not know. Ukraine is heavily dependent on nuclear energy – it has 15 reactors generating about half of its electricity.
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Nuclear Power in Ukraine(Updated December 2021)
Ukraine is heavily dependent on nuclear energy – it has 15 reactors generating about half of its electricity.
Ukraine receives most of its nuclear services and nuclear fuel from Russia, but is reducing this dependence by buying fuel from Westinghouse.
In 2004 Ukraine commissioned two large new reactors. The government plans to maintain the nuclear share in electricity production to 2030, which will involve substantial new build.
In 2021 Westinghouse was contracted to finish building a new reactor at Khmelnitsky using AP1000 components from an aborted US project.
The government is looking to the West for both technology and investment in its nuclear plants. Westinghouse has an agreement to build four AP1000 reactors at established sites.
https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-t-z/ukraine.aspx