Trump wants to capture Ukraine’s nuclear power plant. What would you mean?

This week, President Trump revealed a highly unusual idea during a call with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky: USA can control From Ukrainian nuclear power plants.

“The United States can help many people manage these plants with electricity and utility experience,” the White House said in a statement after a call on Wednesday. “American property of these plants will be the best protection of those infrastructure and support the Ukrainian energy infrastructure.”

The idea was surprised by the officials and energy experts in Kiev and was not clear about Mr Zelenski’s agreement with such a plan. Ukraine has four nuclear power plants and seems that the two sides seem to agree with how many objects about the opinion.

Mr. Zelensky offered At a press conference The idea was now limited to the largest Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Europe under the management of Russia.

The Ukrainian leader described the disappointment as “positive steps” as Mr. Trump, as “positive steps”, but “I’m not sure we will get a quick result,” he said.

ACCIANCE ECHOED from Mr. Trump Echoed from Mr. Trump: US economic participation in Ukraine serves as best security guarantees, because Russia would be less likely to target American economic interests. Mr. Trump also applied such justifications to the potential deal for performing critical minerals in Ukraine.

Thus, the interests of the United States may be in Ukraine’s nuclear sector and what difficulties can face?

US economic interests

Ukraine’s Soviet era nuclear power plants were the spine of the energy network during the war, which provides two-thirds of electricity. Moscow has ruthlessly attacked by Ukraine’s thermal and hydropower plants, making efforts to cripplate the network and prevented surprising nuclear facilities that could lead to radiological disaster.

The Ukrainian government has launched this background Plans to build more nuclear reactorsAt the same time, claim that it is the only favorable solution to ensure long-term energy security.

This is what American business interests can enter the game.

As a result of the war, the American company nuclear technology company Westinghouse has signed an agreement with the Energoatom, Ukraine’s state nuclear company to build five reactors. After attacking Russia The number has been increased to nine and two companies agreed to cooperate further Place another four small plants in Ukraine.

For Westinghouse, Russian nuclear energy giant Rosatom has been a progress years later to enter a very long Ukrainian nuclear market for years to enter the rosatoma years.

Westinghouse, six reactors show special interest in the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Russia seized the plant in March 2022 and no longer has electricity to the Ukrainian network. However, before the war, he used fuel and technology from Westinghouse.

Ukraine Nuclear Security Specialist Olga Kosharna said that the potential theft of the intellectual property of the detention of the Russian Zaporizhzhia plant is concerned about the potential theft. Energy Department of the United States in 2023 notier one letter Rosatoma, if the company can be judged in accordance with US laws, if I use Westinghouse technology at the plant.

Andrian Prokip with the Kennan Institute in Washington, Andrian Prokip, for expanding the market, said the action of the patient’s relevance will “definitely benefit.”

Mr. Trump is unknown on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir V. Putin discussed the fate of the Zaporizhiya plant According to him.

Westinghouse did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

The Negotiation between the United States and Ukraine is also a Kiev, and a former tilt Mr. Trump was stressed if US Ukraine’s access to Ukrainian MineralsZaporizhzhia requires power generating power, because mineral production and processing energy is intensive.

Possible difficulties

For one thing, all Ukrainian nuclear power plants belong to the Energoatom and Ukraine’s right prohibits privatization.

Ukraine’s laws to allow US property to be politically sensitive in a post-Soviet country where many major industries belong to the state.

Ukraine has engaged in a privatization wave during the war. However, Energoatom’s privatization – the company by the state earning the most income – It would likely be a sticking point.

“I look forward to this idea in Ukraine,” he said. “By both of the political spectrum.”

Mr Zelensky, Mr. Trump, addressed this issue at a press conference. If Russia returns Zaporizhzhia factory to Ukraine – most of Ukraine will not be “simply over the plant”, Mr Zelensky, because “this is our land,” he said.

After the three-year war, re-use the plants and made a lot of difficulty. Mr. Zelensky spent two and a half years in order to get the re-working zaporizhzhia plant.

In addition, although all six zaporizhzhia reactor is connected, the critical security systems and water requires energy to stay in their nuclei to prevent a melting.

However, there have been power lines that strengthen the plant Cut several times Destruction of an egg in war and nearby Perhaps in the direction of RussiaIncreasing the risk of a nuclear accident reduced to the refrigerated water.