KIEV (Sputnik) — Kiev is expecting to start importing uranium from Australia at the beginning of 2017, Ukrainian Ambassador to Australia Mykola Kulinich said on Saturday.
In March, Ukraine and Australia signed a deal on Australian uranium imports for Ukrainian nuclear power industry.
"This document requires ratification of the Australian parliament as an international agreement… All in all, if everything goes well, we are expecting first Australian fuel to be delivered at the beginning of 2017," Kulinich said, as quoted by Ukrinform news outlet.
Capable of meeting 30-70 percent of Ukrainian fuel needs, Australia may become a strategic supplier for Ukraine's nuclear power plants, the Ukrainian diplomat added.
