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Nuclear fuel for EGP-6 reactors
With respect to design, FAs for EGP-6 reactors represent tubular fuel rods with steel-made claddings, which are placed in graphite cartridge. A 30-year experience of FAs’ operation has demonstrated a high level of their reliability.
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TVEL Corporation Address:
49 Kashirskoe shosse,
Moscow 115409
Tel.: +7 495 239-49-22,
+7 495 988-8282 (commutator)
Fax: +7 495 988-8383 ext. 6956
E-mail: info@tvel.ru |
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| Frequently Asked Questions |
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In this section you can find answers for the most frequently asked questions about JSC TVEL and its subsidiaries. You can also forward your question to our company’s experts.
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| What is TVEL Corporation? |
TVEL Corporation is a Russian nuclear fuel manufacturer, a large holding within Federal Agency for Atomic Energy (Rosatom). It unites 12 Russian nuclear fuel cycle facilities, specializing in natural uranium mining, fabrication, delivery and scientific support of nuclear fuel at NPPs of Russia and other countries. The Corporation employs 40000 people. Please see more details about Corporation here
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| What does TVEL mean? |
TVEL is an abbreviation from “teplovidelyauschii element”(fuel rod), a main element of nuclear fuel – a geometrical tube with uranium dioxide pellets inside.
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| What does TVEL Corporation manufacture? |
Corporation’s main produce is nuclear fuel for power, research and vessel reactors. In particular, TVEL Corporation’s enterprises fabricate nuclear fuel for water cooled and water moderated reactors (WWER-1000, WWER-440, PWR, BWR), light water cooled graphite moderated reactors (RBMK-1000, EGP-6, CEFR), fast breeders (BN-600). Beside the main produce TVEL supply the Russian and world markets with non-nuclear produce such as zirconium, lithium, calcium and other materials.
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| Who owns TVEL Corporation? |
100% of Corporation’s managing company, JSC TVEL belongs to the state.
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| Who leads TVEL Corporation? |
JSC TVEL’s acting President is Anton Badenkov. (Please see here more information about him.)
The Chairman of the Board of Directors is the Head of the RF President’s Administration Sergey Sobyanin. (Please see here more information about him.)
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| When was JSC TVEL found? |
JSC TVEL was found on September 12, 1996 in compliance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated 08/02/1996 No. 166 “On Improvement of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Enterprises’ Management” by consolidating federal nuclear fuel cycle enterprises’ shares in its authorized capital.
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| What enterprises does JSC TVEL consist of? |
The Corporation consists of such big facilities as Mashinostroitelny Zavod (Electrostal, Moscow region), Chepetsky Mechanical Plant (Glazov, Udmurtia), Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (Novosibirsk),as well as the largest in Russia uranium mining company Priargunsky Mining and Chemical Production Assosiation (Krasnokamensk, Chita region).
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| Does JSC TVEL’s produce meet international standards? |
Quality management system of JSC TVEL and of its main enterprises JSC Mashinostroitelny Zavod (Electrostal), JSC Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (Novosibirsk) and Chepetsky Mechanical Plant (Glazov) is sertified of compliance international standard ISO 9001.
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| Where does JSC TVEL deliver its produce? |
Every 6-th reactor in the world uses TVEL’s fuel. The Corporation fully meets fuel demands of 73 power reactors in Russia and 13 other countries of the world: Ukraine, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Finland, Armenia, Lithuania, China and others.
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| What are the advantages of nuclear fuel? |
The development of nuclear industry is stimulated by growing demands of mankind in fuel and energy while non-renewable resources are limited. Compared to other energy vectors nuclear fuel has million times more energy and unlimited resources. At the same time nuclear industry doesn’t contribute to the greenhouse effect.
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| How safe do TVEL’s enterprises operate? |
All TVEL enterprises practice modern approach to environment protection and operational safety. The Corporation environmental policy goal is to minimize the negative influence towards environment.
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| What is TVEL Corporation social policy? |
JSC TVEL is guided by the social responsibility principle. The Corporation implements social programmes both federal and regional as well as international ones.
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| Where to find financial results of TVEL Corporation’s activity? |
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| How to get a job with TVEL Corporation? |
TVEL Corporation seeks to employ young and initiative specialists wishing to work in a large dynamically growing company. Main criteria for candidates are professional competence, initiative, responsibility and learning capability.
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| How to contact JSC TVEL Press Center? |
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How to contact JSC TVEL press-center? More detailed information about JSC TVEL and its subsidiaries is available in Department for Public Relations, tel.: +7 495 239-4631, 239-2318, 239-4861, fax +7 495 239-4530, e-mail pressa@tvel.ru.
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Questions & Answers
Nuclear fuel means fuel assemblies (FAs). FA is a complex construction, the main element of which being a bundle of fuel rods made from stainless steel or zirconium. A bundle of fuel rods is filled with uranium dioxide pellets, enriched to 5 % U235. Rods, sealed tightly and loaded with fuel pellets, are called "fuel rods". In order to reduce the gaps between fuel rods and to acquire the necessary structural rigidity, fuel assembly has a number of structural elements: tailpiece, cap and a set of spacing grids. In some cases, they are equipped with a shroud tube. Depending on the reactor types FAs have different number of rods.
Nuclear fuel is delivered by air, sea, railway and motor special transport. Previously, it is placed in high-strength metallic containers, specially certified for transportation of nuclear materials. A special route and transportation schedule are worked out; an additional control of safe transportation on the way is provided. Fuel transportation has never experienced a single accident resulted in enhancement of radiation background.
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