Ukraine nuclear plants fully operational for winter: operator
YUZHNOUKRAINSK, Ukraine: Ukrainian nuclear power plants located in territory held by Kyiv will be fully operational by winter to provide electricity for the country, Ukraine atomic energy operator said Monday.
"All the power at our disposal will be given to the electricity grid", after the servicing of some reactors before winter, Energoatom chief Petro Kotin, told journalists.
He was speaking at the Yuzhnoukrainsk plant in southern Ukraine to mark the recommissioning of one of its three reactors -- each with a capacity of 1,000 megawatts.
Ukraine currently has three power stations with a total of nine reactors in the territory under its control.