London is revising a nuclear cooperation agreement with Moscow

The United Kingdom is revising a nuclear co-operation agreement with the Russian company Rosatom because of the crisis in Ukraine, reports BBC News Online.

The department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) announced that the agreement is taken "under consideration" by the military intervention of Russia in Crimea. Britain signed a "pact" with Rosatom in September, aimed at helping the company to penetrate the UK market.

Rosatom declined to comment on the information, according to the British position.

"No decisions have been made on how this work will be taken forward, which is under consideration in the light of recent developments in Ukraine," said a DECC spokesman for BBC, in the context in which the United States and the European Union (EU) have imposed restrictions on travel and blocked the assets of a number of officials and pro-Russian Crimean Russian officials close to President Vladimir Putin, after Russia annexed Crimea.

The British agreement with the Russian company Rosatom aimed to provide advice on nuclear are regulations, preparing a potential input in the UK market.

Rosatom has signed agreements with the Finnish companies Fortum Energy and Rolls-Royce, to ensure that its reactors will respect the British standards. A Fortum spokeswoman told Reuters that the deal is now uncertain.

"Since the political situation is evolving rapidly, it is not easy - if even possible - to draw conclusions on the future development of affairs," said the spokesman. Rolls-Royce declined to comment, according to the BBC.

UK is looking for international investors, in an effort to replace its old nuclear power reactors. In late October he signed a contract with EDF targeting the construction of the first new nuclear plant in about 20 years.