Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed into law bills terminating an agreement between the Ukrainian Cabinet of ministers and the Russian government on cooperation in constructing power units 3 and 4 of the Khmelnytsky Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) and abrogating the Ukrainian law on the location, design, and construction of power units 3 and 4 of the Khmelnytsky NPP, the Ukrainian presidential press service reported on Saturday.

The agreement between the Ukrainian Cabinet of ministers and the Russian government on cooperation in constructing power units 3 and 4 of the Khmelnytsky Nuclear Power Plant was signed in Kyiv on June 9, 2010 and ratified by the Verkhovna Rada on January 12, 2011.

The passage of the above-mentioned bills by the Verkhovna Rada on September 16 would open the way to building power units 3 and 4 of the Khmelnytsky NPP using modified VVER-1000 reactors shipped by a European supplier and would ensure their safe operation in keeping with national requirements and IAEA standards, the document says.