America is to invest $14 million to provide 42 nuclear fuel assemblies to the South Ukraine nuclear power plant under the US/Ukraine Nuclear Fuel Qualification Project (UNFQP).rnThe work consists of a five-year contract for Westinghouse Electric to provide nuclear fuel supplies to South Ukraine's three units beginning in 2011.rnThe beginning of Westing-house's introduction into the Ukrainian nuclear fuel market was an award in 2000 by the US government for development of an alternative nuclear fuel supply, which successive Ukrainian governments have supported.
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