TVEL, Russia's leading producer and supplier of nuclear fuel for power plants, said Friday it will deliver fuel for a research reactor in Vietnam in September.

A corporation spokesperson said a relevant contract was signed between TVEL, the U.S. Department of Energy and the Dalata Research Center, Vietnam on March 15.

Under the contract, 36 rods of VVR-M2 LEU fuel (enriched to less than 20%) will be delivered to the Vietnamese research reactor in September to replace the highly enriched uranium (HEU) (enriched to 36%) fuel being used there.

Earlier, nuclear fuel was exported under the REFTR program to research reactors at Czech Technical University and the Tajoura Nuclear Research Center in Libya (TREWDRC).

The Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrate Plant, a subsidiary of TVEL, will produce VVR-M2 fuel for the Vietnamese research reactor.

SOURCE: RIA Novosti

DATE: Mar 18, 2007

Topics: Russia, Asia, Vietnam, TVEL