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Ukraine is provided with the necessary amount of fuel until September 2016, what is more the necessary supplies in 2016 may be provided by the U.S.-Japanese Westinghouse company, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said during the parliament's hour of questions to the government on Friday.
"As for the nuclear fuel, Ukrainian nuclear power plants have enough fuel to spend the heating season until September 2016 - there are no problems in this area," Demchyshyn said.
Read alsoWestinghouse CEO: We are ready to put our fuel in all of Ukraine’s NPPs"In addition, we've been working with the Westinghouse company, which is ready to provide us with five out of 13 needed supplies in 2016. It means that the main producer of electricity in Ukraine is in a stable position. Of course, this is the result of the diversification of fuel supplies," the minister added.