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Nuclear power engineering is one of the new and most dynamically progressing industries of global economy with a little more than half a century history. Development of nuclear power engineering stimulates the growing demand of mankind in fuel and energy while the nonrenewable natural resources are limited. Compared to other energy vectors, nuclear fuel has million times higher power concentration. It is also important that nuclear power engineering practically doesn’t increase “the greenhouse effect”.
According to the IAEA, by the beginning of 2007 439 nuclear power units with total capacity of 367,77 GW have been operated in the world. Another 29 units in 11 countries are in different construction stages. Presently the share of nuclear power plants in global electricity generation amounts up to 16%. At that 57% of all “nuclear” electricity is produced by the USA (103 power units), France (59 power units) and Japan (54 power units).
Nowadays, nuclear power engineering is developing dynamically in China (6 power units are under construction there), India (5 power units) and Russia (3 power units). New power reactors are being constructed in the USA, Canada, Japan, Iran, Finland and other countries. A number of countries declared their intentions to develop nuclear power engineering, among them are Poland, Vietnam, Belorussia and others. All in all at present 60 applications for nuclear reactor construction are being examined. More than 160 projects are being developed.
In the past the Soviet Union influenced greatly the development of nuclear power engineering in a number of countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Soviet experts constructed 30 power units abroad with total power of 14,6 million kWt.
Following this tradition the Russian nuclear fuel manufacturer TVEL Corporation contributes to the process of meeting nuclear fuel demands of foreign countries. At present TVEL Corporation supply fuel to Czechia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Ukraine, Armenia, Lithuania, Finland, and China. Deliveries to India and Iran are planned. The Corporation is ready to provide for and support large-scale nuclear power engineering development plans of these and also other countries of the world.  Printable version
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