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TVEL will supply nuclear fuel for China CFR-600 fast-neutron reactor TVEL, PUBLISHED 10.01.2019 TVEL JSC and Chinese company CNLY (a part of CNNC corporation) have signed the contract for supply of nuclear fuel for CFR-600 fast-neutron reactor which is currently under construction. The contract covers the initial loading of nuclear fuel, as well as supplies for refueling during the first seven years ofthe reactor operation. New manufacturing line for the CFR-600 fuel assemblies is planned at the Machine-building Plant (MSZ JSC, the production facility of TVEL Fuel Company in Elektrostal, Moscow region). The Chinese side addressed Rosatom State Corporation with a request for production of the CFR-600 fuel assemblies, considering its almost 40 years long experience of nuclear fuel manufacturing for the Russian fast-neutron reactors. "TVEL Fuel Company, as one of the core units of Rosatom State Corporation, is committed to all-encompassing cooperation with the Chinese partners in the field of fast-neutron reactors and closing of nuclear fuel cycle. In addition to our long-time experience with uranium-based fuelmanufacturing for commercial fast-neutron reactors, in 2018, Rosatom has launched batch production of uranium-and-plutonium MOX fuel for the BN-800 reactor. Our Chinese portfolio also includes the contract for supply of uranium-based fuel for the China Experimental Fast Reactor CEFR, with fuel deliveries already taking place," Natalia Nikipelova, the president of TVEL JSC, commented on the signing. Rusatom Overseas JSC coordinates negotiating the whole package of agreements on cooperation in the nuclear industry between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China. "Given that this project is a demonstration type, Russian engineers will come up with, in fact, a new kind of nuclear fuel based on the Chinese design. In this regard, our team had to draw up the whole contract from the scratch taking into account all the peculiarities of the project. The negotiations with the Chinese partners have been ongoing since June 2018. Thanks to the high professionalism of Rosatom's united team and positive approach of the Chinese partners, the contract has been agreed upon in a record-breaking time,"Evgeny Pakermanov, the president of Rusatom Overseas JSC noted. The CFR-600 fuel contract has been signed as a part of the agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the joint construction and operation of the demonstration fast reactor in China. It is a part of a large-scale programof bilateral cooperation in nuclear industry for the decades ahead. In particular, the agreement covers construction of innovative power units of the Russian design (generation III+) with VVER-1200 reactors at two sites in China - Tianwan NPP and Xudabao NPP. The package of intergovernmental documents and framework contracts for these projects was signed on June 8, 2018, during the visit of Russia's President Vladimir to Beijing and meeting with President of China Xi Jinping. Topics: NFC, MOX-fuel, TVEL, China, Fast breeders Other news: 454 nuclear units are operating in the world Another 54 units have the status of the being built one. The MoU was signed at the 9th Session of the High-Level Russia-Singapore Inter-Governmental Commission in Singapore. Nuclear fuel loading has commenced at the 4th power unit of Tianwan NPP On August 25, 2018 the first fuel assembly was loaded into the core of Tianwan NPP Unit 4 in China. |
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