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Russian TVEL supplied equipment for VVER fuel fabrication at Yibin plant in China

Russian TVEL supplied equipment for VVER fuel fabrication at Yibin plant in China


Moscow, July 26 - Neftegaz.RU. TVEL has supplied to China a batch of Russian-made equipment for VVER fuel fabrication at Yibin plant (Sichuan province), an enterprise of China National Nuclear Corporation’s nuclear fuel division.

The consignment includes 3 installations for production of fuel rods, in particular, a welding complex, a rod geometry control system and VVER fuel rod lacquering equipment.

All the installations are designed and manufactured by TVEL’s enterprises – Machine-building Plant (Elektrostal, Moscow region) and NCCP Engineering (Novosibirsk).

The equipment is supplied for modernization of the shop-floor for fabrication of Russian-design TVS-2M fuel assemblies for VVER-1000 reactors. Currently, there are 4 power units with such reactors in operation at Tianwan NPP in China’s Jiangsu province.

Yibin plant started fabrication of VVER-1000 fuel under TVEL’s license in 2009. Since 2014, the facility has been manufacturing TVS-2M fuel assemblies instead of the earlier UTVS model.

“For the 1st time in our history, we helped to commence fabrication of Russian design nuclear fuel abroad and we still provide technological support of this facility at the most advanced level. Simultaneously with introduction of TVS-2M fuel at Tianwan NPP, we also localized its fabrication at Yibin plant”, commented Oleg Grigoriyev, Senior VP for Commerce and International Business at TVEL.

TVEL provides nuclear fuel for 76 power reactors in 15 countries worldwide, research reactors in eight countries, as well as transport reactors of the Russian nuclear fleet. Every 6th power reactor in the world operates on fuel manufactured by TVEL.

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