Annual Report 2017
Efficiency improvement
and sustainable development
Annual Report 2017
Ecological Policy
TVEL Fuel Company regularly takes part in national and regional environmental events, proving high social responsibility in environment protection and preservation of the country's natural wealth. The Company works consistently on reduction of adverse environmental effects of its operation

2017 was declared the Year of Ecology in Russia. The key thematic goal of the Year of Ecology is to draw attention to issues of concern in the environmental sphere and improve the country's ecological security.

In 2017, environmentally significant enterprises of TVEL Fuel Company implemented the Action Plan in the Year of Ecology, including organizational, R&D, educational and industrial-specific events aimed at improvement of environmental protection at TVEL JSC and environmentally significant organizations of TVEL Fuel Company.

During the Year of Ecology the enterprises of TVEL Fuel Company also focused on implementation of a large number of technological efforts to improve production, introduce innovative technologies for atmospheric and water discharge treatment, waste management.

PA ECP JSC territory of presence, Krasnoyarsk territory

The main environmental goal of TVEL Fuel Company is promotion of ecological, nuclear and radiation safety, implementation of the Company's strategic objective to provide social and ecological suitability.

TVEL Fuel Company maintains the Integrated Management System, where a Corporate Environmental Management System is a constituent.

System-based application of the guiding principles of Ecological Policy, the unified methodology of environmental aspect identification and environmental risks and opportunities evaluation allows to allocate funds to solve the most important problems, thus improving performance in the field of ecology. Priority goals and objectives aimed at reducing environmental risks are an integral part of the planning process; they are included in TVEL Fuel Company's Environmental Objective Achievement Program and Ecological Policy Implementation Plan.

TVEL Fuel Company activity aimed at reduction of adverse environmental impact of the enterprises is characterized by branch specificity and carried out in two directions:

  • Removal of the environmental "heritage" of the first nuclear project, created as a result of execution of the military state programs on enterprises included into the management system of the Company, which implies execution of large scale works connected with decommissioning of the nuclear industry facilities and rehabilitation of the contaminated territories.
  • Reduction of the impact by the enterprises on the environment connected with current production operations. Ecological management system in being developed in this direction with implementation of modern resource saving production technologies, routine environmental protection actions and continuous environmental quality monitoring.

In accordance with the above directions, enterprises of TVEL Fuel Company formulate annual plans of environment protection measures.

Funding of production and technological arrangements for environment protection is scheduled under TVEL Fuel Company´s Ecological Policy Implementation Plan, Environmental Objective Achievement Program and investment and project activities of TVEL Fuel Company and ROSATOM State Corporation. Each action, prior to its inclusion in investment projects, is assessed at the meeting of the Investment Committee of TVEL JSC in terms of feasibility and effectiveness of final result.

The enterprises of TVEL Fuel Company make regular efforts to improve the existing and introduce the advanced environmental technologies and technologies for monitoring adverse impact on the environment, staff and population of the regions of the enterprises' presence. Special attention is paid to environmental safety during improvement of the existing nuclear fuel production technologies.

Employees of TVEL JSC and its subsidiaries take an active part in the development of scientific and technical reference books on the best available technologies; these reference book are used at the enterprises included into the management system of TVEL Fuel Company.

Environmentally important subsidiaries of TVEL Fuel Company (AECC JSC, PA ECP JSC, SGChE JSC, NCCP PJSC, UEIP JSC, ChMP JSC, MSZ PJSC) issue and publish on websites the annual public reports on environmental safety to inform the stakeholders, partners, local government bodies, and the public.

  • NCCP PJSC became the winner of All-Russian Contest "Russian Business Leaders: Dynamics and Responsibility - 2017" in nomination "For Ecological Responsibility".
  • NCCP PJSC was acknowledged the winner of Novosibirsk EcoProm-2017 contest in nomination "Production Ecology".
  • Following the results 2016 PA ECP JSC became the winner in special nomination "Environmentally Exemplary Enterprise of the Fuel Company" of ROSATOM's contest "Environmentally Exemplary Enterprise of the Nuclear Industry" (The results of the contest were announced in the late 2017).
  • UEIP JSC won municipal ecological contest Green Owl-2017 in nomination "The Leader in Environmental Compliance in Novouralsk Municipal District".
  • ChMZ JSC became the winner of the Ecological Responsibility-2017 contest in nomination "Sponsor and Charity Support", and won the prize of the Republican contest under the annual national campaign "Environmental Hazards Protection Days".
  • The project "Ecological Safety in Handling Solid Radioactive Waste", presented by UEIP JSC, became the finalist of the National Crystal Compass Award in the nomination "Best Environmental Project of Industrial Enterprises and Business".
Figure 13
TVEL FC Ecological Policy Implementation Scheme for 2016-2018

Table 61

Information about organizational arrangements concerning improvement of environment protection management system

Organizational arrangements

Results of the arrangements 2017 Plans 2018

Work of section No. 3 of TVEL JSC STC

  • Meeting of section No. 3 of TVEL JSC STC "Promotion of environmental, nuclear and radiation safety" with discussion of issues of implementing the Russian environmental legislation requirements.

Ecological Audit

  • In 2017,11 audits were conducted at the enterprises of TVEL Fuel Company, and 12 audits at TVEL JSC subdivisions. Following the results the audit reports were drawn up.
  • Within the period 26.06.2017 - 12.09.2017, the Integrated Management System of TVEL JSC successfully passed the second supervisory (combined) audit for compliance with requirements of DIN EN ISO 9001: 2008 (ISO 9001), DIN EN ISO 14001: 2009 (ISO 14001), BS OHSAS 18001: 2007 (OHSAS 18001), DIN EN ISO 50001: 2011 (ISO 50001), carried out by TÜV Thüringen eV certification agency.

Improvement of regulatory and legal base in the field of environmental protection.

  • In 2017, TVEL Fuel Company developed and implemented the following standards: REM-1-2017 "Guidelines for Corporate Environmental Management System of the Fuel Company", STK-18-2017 "Identification and Assessment of Environmental Aspects and Associated Environmental Impacts", STK-20-2017 "Goals and Objectives Achievement Programs in the CSEM, HLSMS and EMCS" and СТК-63-2017«Risks and Opportunities Identification, Assessment and Management in CSEM". Standards were developed in accordance with requirements of ISO 14001: 2015 (GOST R ISO 14001-2016).

Control of availability and validity of ecological authorizations

  • TVEL JSC executes regularly and in accordance with the "Uniform Industry Guidance on the Implementation of the Ecological Policy of ROSATOM State Corporation" the internal checks of availability and validity of ecological authorizations at the enterprises included into the management system of TVEL Fuel Company.
  • The information about availability and validity of ecological authorizations is submitted to TVEL JSC by its subsidiaries on a quarterly basis.
  • Upon request, the information about availability and validity of ecological authorizations is directed to ROSATOM State Corporation.

Participation in meetings and conferences

  • In 2017, TVEL Fuel Company took part in the following conferences, seminars and round tables dedicated to environmental, nuclear and radiation safety issues:
    • Annual industrial meeting with managers of environment protection service of nuclear industry companies;
    • Meetings of managers of occupational safety, industrial safety and environment protection services of the enterprises included into the management system of TVEL Fuel Company;
    • VIII International Forum "ATOMEXPO 2017" with the report of TVEL JSC representative on the following themes: "Strategic Directions of Environmental Safety Development in Fuel Division of ROSATOM State Corporation" and "Implementation of the Ecological Policy of TVEL Fuel Company";
    • the 5th All-Russian Environmental Congress;
    • Round Table "Environmental Safety of Nuclear Industry. Environmental Impact Mitigation" under the 3rd Russian Environmental Week 2017;
    • Training Conference "Inception of Radioecology, its Development and Role in Environment and Human Radiation Safety Assurance" (city of Ozersk, Federal State Unitary Enterprise Mayak Production Association);
    • V.I. Vernadsky National Environmental Award;
    • Round-table meeting of the Committee for Technical Regulation, Standards and Quality of Products regarding "Adaptation of EMS to New ISO Standard 14001:2015 – whether it helps to turn the company to the way of sustainable development?"
    • Regular meeting arranged by TVEL FC concerning decommissioning of nuclear and radiation hazardous facilities, rehabilitation of the contaminated territories and radioactive waste treatment, including those implemented within the framework of FTP NRS-2, with participation of 20 organizations, including ROSATOM.
  • The project "Clean City – Safe World" is implemented to strengthen the image of TVEL Fuel Company of ROSATOM as a socially and environmentally responsible company. The project promotes environmental responsibility of personnel and is aimed at environmental education and development of social activity of the residents in the regions of presence of the Fuel Division of ROSATOM State Corporation, as far as environmental protection is concerned.
  • Under the project, on the basis of School Technoparks the students of Physics and Mathematics Lyceums in the territories of presence of PA ECP JSC, SGChE JSC, UEIP JSC, ChMZ JSC and supervised by TVEL Fuel Company, designed the robots for environmental quality monitoring.
  • In 2017, TVEL Fuel Company won V.I. Vernadsky National Environmental Award for the project "Clean City - Safe World".
  • For the initiative and significant contribution to the environmental protection and participation in National Environmental Volunteer Clean-Up Day "Green Spring 2017" TVEL Fuel Company was awarded the diploma of V.I. Vernadsky Non-Governmental Environmental Fund.