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Russian Gazprombank, which fell under the sanction of the US government, intends to withdraw partially or completely from the shareholders of the Czech company Skoda JS as
This company is one of the main candidates for a contract for the completion of the third and fourth units of the Khmelnytsky NPP. According to the publication, the Russian owner of Skoda JS is in talks with French companies on the sale of some or all of the shares, according to information published by the US analytical publication Nuclear Intelligence Weekly, according to his sources on the European market for equipment for nuclear power plants. The Czech company, which owns it through the intermediary of OMZ Holding (Slot Machine Construction Group, Uralmash Group – Russia) holds approximately 85% of the shares of OMZ, which in turn holds 100% of the shares of Skoda JS ", says the report.
It should be noted that this information is confirmed by the fact that in July 2018, Skoda JS signed a contract with Framatome, a French company, for manufacture and supply two sets of 1.6 MW EPR closed enclosures for the Hinkley Point C in Somerset County, UK According to the official Skoda JS press release, the package includes including the area basket active, the heavy reflector and the upper inner housing (analogue of the WWER-1000 reactor upper unit.)
The total cost of the completion of two KhNPP power units is 72.437 billion UAH (in prices on May 5, 2017), including the cost of equipment – 46.3 billion UAH. The construction period is 84 months from the start of the works, and the expected time for the commissioning of the unit number 3 – 2025. General condition of the building part of the blocks at the time of the termination of the works: power unit number 3 – 75%, power unit number 4 – 28%.
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