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VVER reactor fuel
VVER-440 fuel assemblies (FA) have been manufactured since 1963. Presently supplies are made to meet the demands of NPP in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Eastern European countries and Finland.
A VVER-440 FA is composed of 126 fuel rods with zirconium alloy claddings, which are filled with fuel pellets of uranium dioxide.
To improve reactor physical properties and safety some fuel rods are filled with pellets containing gadolinium oxide.
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TVEL Fuel Company 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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JSC JV UKR TVS
Joint venture involving Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Russia (JSC JV UKR TVS) was established in 2001 to fabricate nuclear fuel to develop cooperative ties between the CIS countries’ nuclear fuel cycle players.
In May 2003 the trilateral intergovernmental agreement between Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan on rendering assistance in setting up and operating JSC JV UKR TVS was signed. Joint venture founders with equal share are JSC TVEL (Russia), JSC National Nuclear Company Kazatomprom (Kazakhstan) and National Property Fund (Ukraine).
The scope of JV UKR TVS activities covers production of the competitive nuclear fuel for Ukrainian NPPs with VVER-1000 reactors pursued through a joint effort of Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Russia.
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Contact information:
Adress: 31 Konstantinovskaya
Kiev 04071, Ukraine
Phone: +38 (044) 568-59-88
Fax: +38 (044) 568-69-88
E-mail: office@ukrtvs.kiev.ua |
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Nuclear fuel cycle
Nuclear fuel cycle is a combination of techniques for mining uranium, nuclear reactor fuel production and preparing the fuel for the use and after-use disposal. The notion “fuel cycle” specifies the fact that spent or irradiated nuclear fuel (SNF) can be regenerated after special treatment. The nuclear fuel cycle, including ultimate disposal of high-level waste, takes generally 50 to 100 years.
Nuclear power fuel cycle can be divided into three phases. The initial phase covers uranium ore mining through supply of fabricated fuel assemblies to NPP sites. The next phase includes reactor operation to generate electricity and temporary store SNF at NPP site. The final phase includes several operations: irradiated fuel transportation to a special storage facility or SNF reprocessing plant and burial of vitrified high-level waste after reprocessing.
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