Rosatom TVEL Fuel Company* (hereinafter referred to as TVEL Fuel Company, TVEL FC, the Company) is one of the major players on the global market of front end nuclear fuel cycle (FE NFC) and the only nuclear fuel supplier to Russian NPPs. The Company supplies nuclear fuel to 72 energy reactors in Russia, Europe and Asia (14 countries), to research reactors of Russian and foreign design in nine countries worldwide, marine energy power units of the Russian Nuclear Powered Fleet, as well as the world's first floating nuclear power plant. Today one out of every six power reactors in the world operates with fuel manufactured by TVEL Fuel Company.
TVEL Fuel Company is a part of ROSATOM State Corporation and comprises the enterprises specialized in fabrication of nuclear fuel, uranium conversion and enrichment, production of gas centrifuges, as well as research, design and development organizations.
The core areas of activity of the Company is uranium enrichment; development and production of gas centrifuges and the associated equipment; development, fabrication and sale (including export) of nuclear fuel, and non-nuclear products manufactured at the enterprises of the fuel division.
The enterprises of TVEL Fuel Company have proprietary research and development design divisions that contribute to successful operation of hydrometallurgical, metalworking, machine-building and rolling facilities.
The enterprises of TVEL Fuel Company are located in 10 regions of the Russian Federation. Distribution of the Company’s assets in different regions of Russia renders effective cooperation in a wide range of issues and aspects.
Specific nature of the social environment of TVEL Fuel Company is that three industrial enterprises of the Company are located within the Closed Administrative Territorial Units (CATU): Seversk, Novouralsk, Zelenogorsk and one is located within a so called mono-town (Glazov). These enterprises are town-forming organizations and major taxpayers.
Table 1
Competitive advantages | Ways to achieve |
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Cost optimization |
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Package Supplies |
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Continuous improvement of consumer properties of nuclear fuel |
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Use of various types of raw materials |
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Reference fuel |
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Regions of presence of TVEL Fuel Company
of the Russian Federation
- Moscow
TVEL JSC,
VNIINM JSC,
MZP JSC,
CPTI JSC - Moscow region
MSZ JSC (Elektrostal) - Saint Petersburg
Centrotech SPA LLC
- Vladimir region
Tochmash VPA JSC (Vladimir),
KMZ JSC (Kovrov) - Udmurt Republic
ChMP JSC (Glazov) - Sverdlovsk region
UEIP JSC, Centrotech
SPA LLC (Novouralsk)
- Novosibirsk region
NCCP JSC (Novosibirsk) - Tomsk region
SGChE JSC (Seversk) - Krasnoyarsk territory
PA ECP JSC (Zelenogorsk) - Irkutsk region
AECC JSC (Angarsk)
Regions of presence of TVEL Fuel Company
- Moscow TVEL JSC, VNIINM JSC, MZP JSC, CPTI JSC
- Moscow region MSZ JSC (Elektrostal)
- Saint Petersburg Centrotech SPA LLC
- Vladimir region Tochmash VPA JSC (Vladimir), KMZ JSC (Kovrov)
- Udmurt Republic ChMP JSC (Glazov)
- Sverdlovsk region UEIP JSC, Centrotech SPA LLC (Novouralsk)
- Novosibirsk region NCCP JSC (Novosibirsk)
- Tomsk region SGChE JSC (Seversk)
- Krasnoyarsk territory PA ECP JSC (Zelenogorsk)
- Irkutsk region AECC JSC (Angarsk)
Table 2
Country | Operations | Recipient | Project status |
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Armenia | Nuclear fuel supply and related services | Metsamor NPP No.2 | In progress |
Bangladesh | Nuclear fuel supply and related services | Ruppur NPP No.1, No.2 | Future supplies |
Belarus | Nuclear fuel supply and related services | Ostrovets NPP No.1, No.2 | Future supplies |
Bulgaria | Nuclear fuel supply and related services | Kozloduy NPP No.5, No.6 | In progress |
Hungary | Nuclear fuel supply and related services | Paks NPP No. 1, 2, 3, 4 | In progress |
Hungary | Nuclear fuel supply and related services | Paks NPP No.5, No.6 | Future supplies |
Egypt | Nuclear fuel supply and related services | El Dabaa NPP No.1, 2, 3, 4 | Future supplies |
India | Nuclear fuel supply and related services | Kudankulam NPP No.1, No.2 | In progress |
India | Nuclear fuel supply and related services | Kudankulam NPP No.3, No.4 | Future supplies |
Iran | Nuclear fuel supply and related services | Busher NPP No.1 | In progress |
Iran | Nuclear fuel supply and related services | Busher NPP No.3, No.4 | Future supplies |
China | Nuclear fuel and its components supply and related services | Tianwan NPP No.1, 2, 3, 4 | In progress |
Slovakia | Nuclear fuel supply and related services | Mochovce NPP No.1, No.2, | In progress |
Slovakia | Nuclear fuel supply and related services | Mochovce NPP No.3, No.4 | Future supplies |
Turkey | Nuclear fuel supply and related services | Akkuyu NPP No.1, 2, 3, 4 | Future supplies |
Ukraine | Nuclear fuel supply and related services | Rivne NPP No.1, 2, 3, 4, | In progress |
Finland | Nuclear fuel supply and related services | Loviisa NPP No. 1, No. 2 | In progress |
Finland | Nuclear fuel supply and related services | Hanhikivi NPP No. 1 | Future supplies |
Czech Republic | Nuclear fuel supply and related services | Dukovany NPP No.1, 2, 3, 4, Temelin NPP No.1, No.2 | In progress |
Sweden | Nuclear fuel supply and related services | NPP Ringhals | Future supplies |
Western European countries | Supplies of nuclear fuel and components in cooperation with Framatome | 3 power units | In progress |