The State Nuclear Inspectorate of Ukraine has verified that Westinghouse fuel at reactor three of Yuzhnoukrainsk nuclear power plant (NPP) performed flawlessly, the press service of the transnational company reported on Thursday.

The company said that its VVER-1000 fuel had performed flawlessly over at least three fuel cycles following an annual inspection of Westinghouse fuel assemblies at reactor three of Yuzhnoukrainsk NPP w from February 15 to March 1, 2015.

"The results were verified and validated by the State Nuclear Inspectorate of Ukraine. Forty-two Westinghouse fuel assemblies, delivered to Yuzhnoukrainsk NPP in November 2014, now will be loaded into reactor three in the coming days," reads the press release.

"Following comprehensive inspections of all nuclear fuel at Yuzhnoukrainsk NPP, it has been concluded by joint Energoatom and Westinghouse experts that the Westinghouse fuel has performed exactly to specification and has not exhibited any flaws in its operation, as expected," Westinghouse President for Europe, Middle East and Africa Yves Brachet said.

As reported, the annual inspection of transnational company Westinghouse's fuel assemblies took place from February 15 to March 1, 2015 at reactor three of Yuzhnoukrainsk NPP.

The inspection was conducted as a part of the Westinghouse fuel assembly test program at Yuzhnoukrainsk NPP. The fuel was checked with the participation of representatives of Westinghouse, Atomremontservice and the NPP.

Energoatom is the operator of all four operating nuclear power plants in Ukraine. It operates 15 power units equipped with water-cooled power reactors, with a total installed electrical capacity of 13.835 gigawatts.