Ukraine Reconnects Two Reactors to Power Grid

Excerpt from report by Interfax-Ukraine news agency

Kiev, 11 March: Power unit No 2 of the Khmelnytskyy nuclear power station was reconnected to the power grid after faults were fixed in it at 2118 [local time] yesterday, the Enerhoatom national nuclear power company’s department for liaison with the mass media reported today.

As reported earlier, this power unit was switched off at 1249 [local time] yesterday.

Power unit No 3 of the South-Ukrainian nuclear power station was reconnected to the power grid at 0634 [local time] today after regular maintenance. During maintenance, the power unit’s reactor was partly loaded with fuel made by Westinghouse (USA).

[Passage omitted: background on cooperation with Westinghouse, information on other generation facilities]