Ukraine offers to export nuclear power to Germany. It will come from Zaporizhzhia

3 September 20222 years ago babelfish

Ukraine wants to help Germany with the supply of nuclear electricity to get out of its dependence on Russian energy supplies. “ Ukraine currently exports its electricity to Moldova, Romania, Slovakia and Poland. But we are ready to expand our exports to Germany, ” Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Schmyhal told the German news agency. “ We have enough electricity in Ukraine thanks to our nuclear power plants. I will talk about it during my visit to Berlin and then also to Brussels ”.

Schmyhal is expected in Berlin on Saturday and will be received by Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) in the Chancellery on Sunday. Parallel to the Russian invasion at the end of February, Ukraine, together with the neighboring country of Moldova, disconnected from the electricity grid of the former Soviet Union. Synchronization with the European network took place in mid-March. Since then, the country has exported between 400 and 700 megawatts of electricity to the European Union and Moldova every day. Schmyhal now wants to increase export quotas to the EU by several multiples. “It would be very positive for both sides. The EU would get more energy and we would get the foreign trade we urgently need, ”said the prime minister.

But there is a problem: where will this abundant electricity come from? Ukraine has 15 functioning nuclear reactors after the closure of Chernobyl. Here is a complete map:

Of these fifteen six are in Zaporizhzhya, in the area currently under Russian control, They are partially closed, the IAEA has found damage, and, above all, even if still connected to the Ukrainian grid, they may not be for long. The production of electricity from nuclear power in Ukraine will therefore be abundant, but it is insecure. Eventually it is likely that the Russians, if they remain in control of the facility, will cut off the power plant's connection with Ukraine to connect with Crimea and Russia, a plan of which there is news. This supply may cease at any time. Europe can rely little on this source of supply.

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