Editing Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (section)

=== Reactor fleet ===
{{Main article|Chernobyl Reactors 5 and 6}}

[[File:Reactors_5_&_6_Chernobyl_Nuclear_Power_Station.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Incomplete reactors No. 5 and 6]]
The construction of two partially completed reactors, No. 5 and 6, were suspended immediately after the accident at reactor No. 4, and eventually cancelled in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-04-20-mn-2586-story.html|title=Soviets Cancel New Reactors for Chernobyl|agency=United Press International|date=April 20, 1989|access-date=April 1, 2018|via=LA Times|archive-date=November 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114070855/http://articles.latimes.com/1989-04-20/news/mn-2586_1_chernobyl-nuclear-power-station-civilian-nuclear-disaster-soviets-cancel-new-reactors|url-status=live}}</ref> Reactors No. 1 and 3 continued to operate after the disaster. Reactor No. 2 was permanently shut down in 1991 after a fire broke out due to a faulty switch in a turbine. Reactors No. 1 and 3 were to be eventually closed due to a 1995 agreement Ukraine made with the [[European Union]].

Ukraine agreed to close the remaining units in exchange for EU assistance in modernizing the shelter over reactor No. 4 and improving the energy sector of the country, including the completion of two new nuclear reactors, [[Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant|Khmelnytskyi 2]] and [[Rivne Nuclear Power Plant|Rivne 4]]. Reactor No. 1 was shut down in 1996 with No. 3 following in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Early Soviet Reactors and EU Accession – World Nuclear Association |url=http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/appendices/early-soviet-reactors-and-eu-accession.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411064027/http://world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/appendices/early-soviet-reactors-and-eu-accession.aspx |archive-date=April 11, 2018 |access-date=April 1, 2018 |website=www.world-nuclear.org}}</ref>