KYIV, Jan 10 - The United States Department of Commerce has welcomed the signing of a $2.3 million contract between U.S.-based Western Services Corporation (WSC) and Energoatom to supply equipment for a simulator training power unit operators, the U.S. agency reported on its website.

"The U.S. Department of Commerce welcomes the signing of a $2.3 million contract between Western Services Corporation (Maryland) and the Ukrainian government. The company will supply simulators for training power plant operators for the state-owned enterprise that manages Ukrainian nuclear power plants," the report says.