KYIV, April 17 – Stocks of fresh nuclear fuel formed at the National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom allow all 15 power units of the NPP to work for approximately one and a half years, but the non-payment crisis is a real threat to the delay in fresh nuclear fuel supplies and the removal of spent nuclear fuel in 2020, the company said.

"Due to the significant and constant shortfall in funds for the electricity generated, a critical situation has arisen with payments for the export of spent nuclear fuel, as well as the supplies of fresh fuel and nuclear materials necessary for generating process," the company said in the statement for the Energy Reform Internet portal.