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Current Issues and US Policy
Ukraine: Current Issues and U.S. Policy name redacted Section Research Manager April 27, 2016 Congressional Research Service 7-.... www.crs.gov RL33460 Ukraine: Current Issues and U.S. Policy Summary In February 2014, the Kremlin-supported government of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych collapsed. The demise of the regime was brought about by bitter protests that had erupted in Kyiv’s Maidan Square in late 2013 over a decision by the government to reject closer relations with the European Union. What followed the turmoil of early 2014 was the emergence of a pro- Western, pro-reform government and an energized public generally anxious to lessen Moscow’s influence, committed to addressing the need for serious reform, and determined to draw closer to Europe and the United States. Despite the current Kyiv government’s commitment to reform, the pro-Western political and economic orientation, and the presence of a vibrant, yet frustrated, civil society dedicated to the implementation of change, Ukraine remains far from achieving the political and economic stability and internal security sought by the supporters of the Maidan. In fact, 2016 has already proven to be a very unsettling time for the government as frustrations have mounted over the slow pace of political reform and economic progress by pro-reformers and the West. These shortcomings initially resulted in the resignations of a popular, reform-minded economy minister and a deputy prosecutor and in warnings from the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and several European nations that Ukraine risked losing continued international financial support if progress was not made. -
The Ukrainian Weekly 1999, No.36
www.ukrweekly.com INSIDE:• Forced/slave labor compensation negotiations — page 2. •A look at student life in the capital of Ukraine — page 4. • Canada’s professionals/businesspersons convene — pages 10-13. Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVII HE No.KRAINIAN 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1999 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine U.S.T continues aidU to Kharkiv region W Pustovoitenko meets in Moscow with $16.5 million medical shipment by Roman Woronowycz the region and improve the life of Kharkiv’s withby RomanRussia’s Woronowycz new increasingprime Ukrainian minister debt for Russian oil Kyiv Press Bureau residents, which until now had produced Kyiv Press Bureau and gas. The disagreements have cen- few tangible results. tered on the method of payment and the KYIV – The United States government “This is the first real investment in terms KYIV – Ukraine’s Prime Minister amount. continued to expand its involvement in the of money,” said Olha Myrtsal, an informa- Valerii Pustovoitenko flew to Moscow on Ukraine has stated that it owes $1 bil- Kharkiv region of Ukraine on August 25 tion officer at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. August 27 to meet with the latest Russian lion, while Russia claims that the costs when it delivered $16.5 million in medical Sponsored by the Department of State, the prime minister, Vladimir Putin, and to should include money owed by private equipment and medicines to the area’s hos- humanitarian assistance program called discuss current relations and, more Ukrainian enterprises, which raises the pitals and clinics. -
Ukraine Nuclear Fuel Cycle Chronology
Ukraine Nuclear Fuel Cycle Chronology Last update: April 2005 This annotated chronology is based on the data sources that follow each entry. Public sources often provide conflicting information on classified military programs. In some cases we are unable to resolve these discrepancies, in others we have deliberately refrained from doing so to highlight the potential influence of false or misleading information as it appeared over time. In many cases, we are unable to independently verify claims. Hence in reviewing this chronology, readers should take into account the credibility of the sources employed here. Inclusion in this chronology does not necessarily indicate that a particular development is of direct or indirect proliferation significance. Some entries provide international or domestic context for technological development and national policymaking. Moreover, some entries may refer to developments with positive consequences for nonproliferation. 2003-1993 1 August 2003 KRASNOYARSK ADMINISTRATION WILL NOT ALLOW IMPORT OF UKRAINE'S SPENT FUEL UNTIL DEBT PAID On 1 August 2003, UNIAN reported that, according to Yuriy Lebedev, head of Russia's International Fuel and Energy Company, which is managing the import of spent nuclear fuel to Krasnoyarsk Kray for storage, the Krasnoyarsk administration will not allow new shipments of spent fuel from Ukraine for storage until Ukraine pays its $11.76 million debt for 2002 deliveries. —"Krasnoyarskiy kray otkazhetsya prinimat otrabotannoye yadernoye toplivo iz Ukrainy v sluchaye nepogasheniya 11.76 mln. dollarov dolga," UNIAN, 1 August 2003; in Integrum Techno, www.integrum.com. 28 February 2002 RUSSIAN REACTOR FUEL DELIVERIES TO COST $246 MILLION IN 2002 Yadernyye materialy reported on 28 February 2002 that Russian Minister of Atomic Energy Aleksandr Rumyantsev and Ukrainian Minister of Fuel and Energy Vitaliy Gayduk signed an agreement under which Ukraine will buy reactor fuel worth $246 million from Russia in 2002. -
Reforms in Ukraine After Revolution of Dignity
REFORMS IN UKRAINE AFTER REVOLUTION OF DIGNITY What was done, why not more and what to do next This publicaon was produced with financial Responsibility for the informaon and views set out assistance from the EBRD-Ukraine Stabilisaon and in this publicaon lies enrely with the authors. The Sustainable Growth Mul-Donor Account, the EBRD makes no representaon or warranty, express donors of which are Denmark, Finland, France, or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of the Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, informaon set forth in the publicaon. The EBRD Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, has not independently verified any of the informaon the United States of America and the European contained in the publicaon and the EBRD accepts Union, the largest donor. The views expressed herein no liability whatsoever for any of the informaon can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion contained in the publicaon or for any misstatement of the EBRD or any donor of the account. or omission therein. The publicaon remains the property of the EBRD. REFORMS IN UKRAINE AFTER REVOLUTION OF DIGNITY What was done, why not more and what to do next Editors Ivan Miklos Pavlo Kukhta Contents Foreword 4 Introducon What was done, why not more and what to do next: Ukrainian reforms aer the Revoluon of Dignity 7 Chapter 1 Polical economy of reforms: polical system, governance and corrupon 10 Chapter 2 Macroeconomic policies 35 Chapter 3 Rule of law 48 Chapter 4 Energy policy 75 Chapter 5 Business environment 87 Chapter 6 Land reform 101 Chapter 7 Privasaon and SOE reform 112 Chapter 8 Healthcare reform 132 Chapter 9 Ukraine and the European Union 144 Annex 1 Report on reforms in 2016-17 162 Annex 2 The role of the government and MPs in reform implementaon in Ukraine 167 About SAGSUR (Strategic Advisory Group for Support of Ukrainian Reforms) 173 Glossary of terms 174 Foreword Foreword | 4 Foreword Maeo Patrone and Peter M. -
South-Ukraine NPP Implements Radics Digital Safety System DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEM SOLUTIONS
South-Ukraine NPP Implements RadICS Digital Safety System DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEM SOLUTIONS Organization Curtiss-Wright has partnered with Radics, LLC — an international nuclear engineering South-Ukraine NPP, a nuclear power company specializing in advanced, customized I&C solutions — to bring the RadICS plant operating in Ukraine. digital instrumentation platform to the U.S. nuclear power market. Challenge Aging safety systems were becoming Part of the South Ukrainian Energy Complex, the South-Ukraine Nuclear Power less reliable and more difficult to repair. Plant (NPP) is located near the city of Yuzhnoukrainsk in the Mykolaiv region, Solution approximately 350 kilometers south of Kiev. It is the second largest of five Implementation of an Engineered nuclear power stations in Ukraine, all of which are owned and operated by the Safety Factors Actuation System (ESFAS) and implementation of a State Enterprise National Nuclear Energy Generating Company, also known as Reactor Trip System (RTS) based on the “Energoatom,” with three VVER-1000 pressurized water reactors and a net RadICS digital safety platform. generation capacity of 3,000 megawatts. Construction of the plant began in 1975 Results and the first power unit was commissioned December 31, 1982, with the second The plant has had no failures and and third units being commissioned on January 6, 1985 and September 20, 1989 no reactor shutdowns due to system respectively. errors since the new EFAS and RTS systems were installed. AGING ELECTRONICS Prior to this modernization initiative, South-Ukraine NPP utilized a Kaskad Unified Logic Control Unit, an analog T-1000R I&C system, and a unified electrical hardware complex (AKESR). -
The Pennsylvania State University Schreyer Honors College
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHREYER HONORS COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF GLOBAL AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES OLIGARCHIC PLURALISM IN THE 2014 EUROMAIDAN: HOW THE RISE OF OLIGARCHS IN GOVERNMENT SHAPED DEMOCRACY UN UKRAINE SIOBHAN FRANCES LEONARD SPRING 2020 A thesis Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a baccalaureate degree with honors in Comparative Literature and International Studies with honors in Global and International Studies Reviewed and approved* by the following: JOSEPH WRIGHT PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Thesis Supervisor JONATHAN ABEL PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND JAPANESE Honors Adviser * Electronic approvals are on file. ABSTRACT During the 1990s, Ukraine experienced a change in its political system, becoming a nominal liberal democratic with contested multiparty elections in combination with post-Soviet oligarch community. These newly established dimensions impacted two major revolutionary periods in Ukraine, dating from 1992-2004 and 2005-2014, reaching a climax of violent civil unrest during the Ukrainian Revolution of 2014. The Ukrainian Revolution, also known as the Euromaidan and Revolution of Dignity, illustrates the stages of modernization in a post-Soviet society. The Euromaidan mobilized a variety of regional and ethno-linguistic groups to demand political and economic reform. Members of oligarch clans, consisting mostly of ethnically Russian economic elites, are often appointed in regional government positions largely in the East, and hold substantial power in Ukrainian politics. My research question poses: “How did oligarchic concentration of economic and media power influence government functions such as public service delivery, and shape corruption patterns preceding the protest uprising in 2014?” In my thesis, I seek to study the impact of oligarch clans as holding centralized power, and how this system may affect Ukrainian national politics as seen under the leadership of former democratically elected, Pro-Russian president, Viktor Yanukovych, during the Ukrainian Revolution of 2014. -
Global Nuclear Markets – Market Arrangements and Service Agreements
INL/EXT-16-38796 Global Nuclear Markets – Market Arrangements and Service Agreements Brent Dixon Leilani Beard June 2016 The INL is a U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory operated by Battelle Energy Alliance DISCLAIMER This information was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the U.S. Government. Neither the U.S. Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. References herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trade mark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the U.S. Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the U.S. Government or any agency thereof. INL/EXT-16-38796 Global Nuclear Markets – Market Arrangements and Service Agreements Brent Dixon Leilani Beard June 2016 Idaho National Laboratory Nuclear Systems Design & Analysis Division Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415 Prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis Under U.S. Department of Energy-Idaho Operations Office Contract DE-AC07-05ID14517 Forward The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis (EPSA) requested an assessment of global nuclear markets, including the structure of nuclear companies in different countries and the partnerships between reactor vendors and buyers. -
Too Much to Handle Radioactive Waste Management in the Post Nuclear Accident Country Ukraine
Too much to handle Radioactive waste management in the post nuclear accident country Ukraine Kyiv, 2017 Too much to handle Radioactive waste management in the post nuclear accident country Ukraine Olexi Pasyuk Centre of Environmental Initiatives ‘Ecoaction’ www.ecoaction.org.ua [email protected] This paper is a contribution to the publication: Achim Brunnengräber, Maria Rosaria Di Nucci, Ana María Isidoro Losada, Lutz Mez, Miranda Schreurs (Eds.). Nuclear Waste Governance: An International Comparison. Vol. II, to ap- pear in Springer VS, c. 300 pp We gratefully acknowledge language editing effort by Jess Wallach. Abstract In 1986, Ukraine experienced a major nuclear accident at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant (NPP); over three decades later, this event continues to define Ukraine’s waste management situation. Today, radioactive waste at the Chornobyl NPP site and surrounding exclusion zone constitutes over 98% of total solid radioactive waste. Spent nuclear fuel is excluded from this figure as it has special legal status and is not considered to be radioactive waste. Following Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union, its institutional system to manage nuclear waste problems has continually changed and has not reached the state of clear responsibilities and distribution of roles between various institutions. However, the need for this clarity is recognized by experts and proposals have been made to centralise the management system. EU and IAEA funding enables research on the waste management system most suitable for Ukraine, including deep geological disposal (DGD), regulatory system improvements and physical infrastructure. Adaptation of the Ukrainian standards and practices to the European standards will be ac- celerated in view of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. -
10:00 Registration of Participants Venue: GRAND HALL CHAMBER PLAZA
December, 11(Tuesday) 9:00 - 10:00 Registration of participants Venue: GRAND HALL CHAMBER PLAZA Opening 10:00 - 10:03 Welcome speech - Gennadiy Chyzhykov, President of UCCI Gala session : 10:03- 12:15 «Ukraine 2019: a vision of economic growth. Industry, innovation, finance, export» Participants on stage (speeches regulations) Speech 10:03-10:25 - Volodymyr Groysman, Prime Minister of Ukraine 10:25-10:45 Questions/answers from the audience Participants of the Gala session (after completing the participation of the Prime Minister of Ukraine, the moderator invites the participants to take a seat on the stage for speeches) - Oksana Markarova, Acting Minister of Finance of Ukraine 8 min. 10:50-12:15 - Hugues Mingarelli, Head of the European Union Delegation to Ukraine 8 min. - Roman Waschuk, H.E. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to Ukraine* 8 min. - Pavlo Petrenko, Minister of Justice of Ukraine* 8 min. - Algirdas Shemeta , business ombudsman 8 min. - Anatoliy Girschfeld, Deputy Chairman of the National Committee for Industrial 8 min. Development - Executive Director - Oleksander Vlasov, acting Head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine 8 min. - Yevgen Kravtsov, acting Chairman of the Board of PJSC "Ukrzaliznytsya" 8 min. - Anna Vinnichenko, Managing Partner of Lawyers Association WinnerLex 8 min. - Volodymyr Zolotaryov, Director for Foreign Economic Relations of PJSC "Plant 8 min. Pivdenkabel" Directions of discussion: - Budget 2019. Basic parameters of economic growth. - Revival of industry as a key factor in the growth of the national economy. - Investing in Ukraine. Should Ukraine expect investment boom next year? - Government's view of sources of affordable financing of investment and industrial projects of SMEs. -
Energoatom Today Energoatom
Address by Energoatom by Energoatom Address ENERGOATOM president TODAY Energoatom today Energoatom Over 20 years of its existence, SE NNEGC Energoatom Ever since its inception, SE NNEGC Energoatom has: ARSMS1 in the supervised areas of NPPs, and started the upgrade has improved production performance and generated of the physical protection at nuclear facilities, using innovative 1.7 trillion kWh of electricity. The Company has become • completed and put into operation two new power units technologies. a source of environmentally friendly low-carbon power with VVER-1000 reactors and two hydroelectric units of the for every second consumer in the country and raised hydroelectric pumped storage power plant; However, all these achievements have become possible thanks the largest loan in the history of Ukraine from European to the Company's great asset, our employees who are real institutions in the energy sector. SE NNEGC Energoatom • created a national staff training system for nuclear power professionals committed to the cause. Their work is the key to also started the implementation of a pilot project, plants and the network of staff training centres; put into safe and reliable electricity production and the implementation of governance Corporate and sustainability Ukraine – EU Energy Bridge. operation full-scale training simulators at all existing ambitious plans for SE NNEGC Energoatom’s development. nuclear power plants; We still have much to do. We will keep on working to improve • settled the radioactive waste treatment issues at NPPs, safety of nuclear power plants, complete the construction of put into operation a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel power units No. -
4Th International
4th International September 9-10, 2014 Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy | Office of Fossil Energy | National Energy Technology Laboratory 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Synopsis .................................................................................................................3 Technology Summary .............................................................................................3 Organizing Committee ............................................................................................3 Agenda-At-A-Glance ...............................................................................................4 Sheraton Station Square Floor Plan .........................................................................5 Detailed Program for Monday, September 8, 2014 ..................................................6 Detailed Program for Tuesday, September 9, 2014 ..................................................6 Detailed Program for Wednesday, September 10, 2014 ...........................................9 Speaker/Presenter Biographies .............................................................................13 2 SYNOPSIS The 4th International Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles Symposium is a technical meeting organized and designed by industry, academia, and government agencies to advance the development of power cycles with supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) as the working fluid. Every two to three years, researchers, industry, and end users meet to learn about advancements in the field, discuss priorities, and establish -
At Work 2017 Edition
At Work 2017 edition Foreword Year in review In 2016 the global nuclear industry The World Nuclear Association works future industry leaders. The 2016 continued the steady progress recorded towards this priority through the Summer Institute was held in Canada in 2015, with ten new units (totalling Harmony programme. This has entered and the University also organised four 9579 MWe) connected to the grid. a new stage with the establishment short courses in Malaysia, South Korea, Five of these new connections were of three work areas: achieving a level China and Romania. in China with one each in Russia, playing field in global electricity markets, Pakistan, India, South Korea and the harmonizing international regulatory In terms of new initiatives, our firstWorld USA. The dominance of Asian countries processes, and developing a more Nuclear Performance Report made an and especially China in new nuclear effective safety paradigm. important impact. This report series construction evidently remains an targeted at industry and international important trend. The Harmony programme is integrated organizations provides an up-to-date with our existing industry cooperation, factual picture of the nuclear power For the second year running, the nuclear information and communication sector today. We also launched the industry was on the right path for activities – all of which saw steady Nuclear Footprints advocacy campaign, achieving the Harmony goal of 1000 improvement in 2016. A special mention a collection of five short animations GWe of new nuclear added to reach goes to the Regional Workshops led by which describe nuclear energy in terms 25% of global electricity by 2050.