French Firm Areva announced technical readiness to recycle spent nuclear fuel to Ukrainian nuclear power plants produced by the Russian company "TVEL" and fuel the us-Japanese Westinghouse. now the spent nuclear fuel to Ukrainian nuclear power plants is reprocessed in the Russian Federation, there are stored wastes from the reprocessing of spent fuel. Ukraine wants to 2018 to build a warehouse for storing waste. "Today Authorized Areva came to present in "Energoatom" final report on the conceptual study - if possible recycling at the facilities of La Hague fuel of the Russian Federation and Westinghouse. The General answer is Yes. Now the story is about the nuances, that is what logistics will be, how much it would have cost, but it is a commercial contract, "- said the Ukrainian edition on Wednesday, the Executive Director for nuclear and radiation safety and scientific and technical support organization "Energoatom" Natalia shumkova. However, She stressed that the organization Areva for processing spent fuel from Ukrainian nuclear power plants will not have to significantly rebuild its own capacity." It would be very expensive, if they are reconstructed under us own power, " said shumkova. She stressed that Areva considered as an alternative service provider, as the spent fuel makes more economic sense to send to a centralized repository in the Chernobyl area, which is expected to enter into operation in 2018. in April, Areva and Energoatom signed in Brussels an agreement on the supply of enriched uranium for nuclear power plants of Ukraine. A source familiar with the situation, explained Last news that the story is about the supply of low-enriched uranium for nuclear fuel assemblies American Westinghouse that this Firm supplies the South-Ukrainian NPP. The main supplier of fuel for Ukrainian nuclear power plants is currently the Russian Company TVEL.