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TVEL TO BE AWARDED LICENSE TO EXPORT NUCLEAR FUEL TO EUROPE AND ARMENIA
/ARKA/
October 4, 2011
Yerevan
YEREVAN, October 4. / ARKA /. The Russian Federal Service for Technical
and Export Control will award TVEL nuclear fuel producer (it is part
of Rosatom) the general licenses valid until 11 April 2016 for export
of nuclear fuel to Armenia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine,
Finland and Czech Republic, the government of the Russian Federation
said in a statement, RIA Novosti news agency reported.
Under the agreement, the license will be issued for exports of uranium
enriched with isotope uranium-235 (no more than 5%) in the form of
fresh reactor fuel.
TVEL produces nuclear fuel for pressurized water reactors (PWR-1000,
VVER-440, PWR, BWR), uranium-graphite (RBMK-1000, RBMK-1500, EGP-6,
CEFR), fast neutron reactors (BN-600), as well as for research and
vessel-mounted reactors.
VVER reactors are a series of pressurised water reactors originally
developed by the Soviet Union, and now Russia. Power output ranges
from 440 MWe to 1200 MWe with the latest Russian development of the
design. VVER power stations are used by Armenia, Bulgaria, China,
Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, India, Iran, Slovakia, Ukraine,
and the Russian Federation.
/ARKA/
October 4, 2011
Yerevan
YEREVAN, October 4. / ARKA /. The Russian Federal Service for Technical
and Export Control will award TVEL nuclear fuel producer (it is part
of Rosatom) the general licenses valid until 11 April 2016 for export
of nuclear fuel to Armenia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine,
Finland and Czech Republic, the government of the Russian Federation
said in a statement, RIA Novosti news agency reported.
Under the agreement, the license will be issued for exports of uranium
enriched with isotope uranium-235 (no more than 5%) in the form of
fresh reactor fuel.
TVEL produces nuclear fuel for pressurized water reactors (PWR-1000,
VVER-440, PWR, BWR), uranium-graphite (RBMK-1000, RBMK-1500, EGP-6,
CEFR), fast neutron reactors (BN-600), as well as for research and
vessel-mounted reactors.
VVER reactors are a series of pressurised water reactors originally
developed by the Soviet Union, and now Russia. Power output ranges
from 440 MWe to 1200 MWe with the latest Russian development of the
design. VVER power stations are used by Armenia, Bulgaria, China,
Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, India, Iran, Slovakia, Ukraine,
and the Russian Federation.