KYIV, Aug 31 – Ukraine is discussing a project to raise a $250 million loan to build the central spent nuclear fuel storage facility with the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk has said.

"The participation of the Finance Ministry in the project is key for attracting the financing at the more favorable conditions for Energoatom. We are working on the launch of the project in the future on the mutually beneficial conditions," he wrote on his Facebook page after a meeting with OPIC President Ray Washburne in Kyiv on Wednesday.