“The strategy was developed for 50 years, and will take effect in 2010.  We take into account only the domestic wastes.  Those from abroad are out of the question, as this is forbidden by law,” he emphasized. According to Shandra, nuclear power plants account for 50% of Ukraine's electricity output.  Generation of 1 billion kWh entails 27 cubic meters of solid and 37 cubic meters of liquid radioactive wastes. At the moment 92% of solid and 50% of liquid wastes are kept at the Chornobyl NPP and within its 30-kilometer exclusion zone. Withdrawal of nuclear power plants from operation will begin in 2025. “But this does not stand to mean that all NPPs will be closed.  New reactors will be put into operation,” Shandra explained. Germany's DPE Technology company head, who took part in the development of the strategy, noted that Ukraine needs minimum three complexes for the storage of radioactive wastes (high, average and low active), worth hundreds of million euros.