Tymoshenko: Initiating uranium ore extraction is a step toward energy independence

Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko is confident that nuclear power for Ukraine is a strategic sphere, Cabinet's press office reported.

This was disclosed by the PM during the visit to the daughter enterprise “Enterprise management which is under construction on the basis of the Novokostiantynivsk uranium-ore deposits” where the first tub of uranium ore had been extracted today.

Yulia Tymoshenko informed that today’s opening of the uranium ore extraction is the beginning of building our own nuclear-fuel cycle of the country. “This will guarantee energy independence of the state,” the Prime Minister noted.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko is sure that due to this extraction Ukraine can satisfy a need for uranium by 100% instead of the current 30%.