KIEV, Oct. 31 - An international group of experts has carried out a regular inspection of an experimental batch of nuclear fuel produced by U.S.-based Westinghouse, which has been carrying out checks of the core of the Yuzhnoukrainsk nuclear plant's third reactor since August 2005, said EnergoAtom, the operator of Ukraine's nuclear power plants, on Wednesday.

"Almost all of these six nuclear fuel assemblies were inspected today, they look normal and can continue to be use," reads a press release quoting Volodymyr Krasnorutsky, the director of the Kharkiv-based Center for projecting active zones and one of the experts.