TVEL subsidiary starts regular supplies of low-enriched uranium to Kazakhstan for fuel fabrication

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TVEL, PUBLISHED 17.11.2021

The Uranium Enrichment Center (UEC; a joint venture of Rosatom's TVEL Fuel company and Kazatomprom) has carried out the first supply of enriched uranium product to Kazakhstan for the Ulba Fuel Assembly Plant, a joint Kazakh-Chinese enterprise in Ust-Kamenogorsk, established for fabrication of nuclear fuel for NPPs in China.

Commercial supplies of low-enriched uranium, produced by the Urals Electrochemical Combine (an enterprise of TVEL Fuel company), for the Ulba Fuel Assembly Plant will be carried out from Russia's Novouralsk to Ust-Kamenogorsk in Kazakhstan on a permanent basis, in accordance with the contract between UEC and Kazatomprom.

Earlier, in 2019, UEC supplied enriched uranium for the IAEA Low Enriched Uranium Bank, established on the site of the Ulba Metallurgical Plant, in Ust-Kamenogorsk.

"The Uranium Enrichment Center project proves its efficiency in the current market conditions, which enables further development of Russian-Kazakh cooperation in nuclear fuel cycle", Oleg Grigoriev, Senior Vice-President for Commerce and International Business at TVEL Fuel Company, commented.

The Uranium Enrichment Center (UEC) - a joint venture of TVEL Fuel Company and Kazatomprom in Novouralsk, Russia's Sverdlovsk region.

Topics: NFC, TVEL, Kazakhstan

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