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Ukraine establishes main office responsible for Khmelnitsk and Rivno NPPs’ completion
Publish date: September 29, 2003
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Ukraine establishes main office responsible for Khmelnitsk and Rivno NPPs’ completion
The main office should be responsible for all issues concerning completion of the construction.
The representatives of the Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Ministry examined the questions concerning the completion of reactor no.4 at the Khmelnitsk NPP and reactor no.4 at the Rivno NPP. Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister Vitaly Gayduk, Ukrainian parliamentarians, leaders of Energoatom company and nuclear plants, local city administration leaders, construction companies took part in the meeting on August 23, 2003. It was stated at the meeting that thanks to the good financing the reactors could be completed in time. Gayduk urged to establish the main office on reactors completion to coordinate the work and finish construction as soon as possible.
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