24.12.2020
THE ARMENIAN NPP AND TVEL COMPANY SIGNED A CONTRACT FOR NUCLEAR FUEL SUPPLY IN 2021
This year on December 6-9, in Moscow, RF, the delegation headed by Eduard Martirosyan, Acting General Director of the HAEK CJSC took part in working meetings with representatives of the TVEL Fuel Company.
A contract for Russian nuclear fuel supply in 2021 was concluded between the Haykakan Atomayin Electrakayan CJSC (Armenian NPP) and TVEL Fuel Company which would allow complete covering of the Armenian NPP needs in fresh nuclear fuel.
The only operating unit of the Armenian NPP with 407, 5 MW installed power is provided with non-vibrating fuel for WWER-440 manufactured by Mechanical Engineering Plant (“MSZ” public company, TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom, Electrostal c.).
Traditionally the Armenian NPP is one of the main power sources in the country. In spite of technical constraints related to the activities on the Unit life extension the plant annually generates up to 40% of electricity of Armenia. For the first three quarters of 2020 the Armenian NPP generated 1, 8905 bln. kWh of electric power.
“Longstanding relationship between the Armenian NPP and TVEL Fuel Company is of a strategic nature. We are securely providing the nuclear power plant with high quality and high performance nuclear fuel, to the fullest extent possible meeting the Customer’s views. Based on these principles we are ready to further provide the ANPP with Russian nuclear fuel till the end of that Unit life”, - stated Natalya Nikipelova, The President of the TVEL Fuel Company.
Currently modernization activities are being implemented at the Armenian NPP. The key contractor for the project implementation is Rusatom Service JSC, the Rosatom State Corporation enterprise. The project implementation will result in the plant operation efficiency and safety upgrading.
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The Armenian NPP is the only nuclear power plant in the territory of the South Caucasus. It generates more than one third of electric power of Armenia. The key project of Russia and Armenia in nuclear energy is the project of the Armenian NPP Unit 2 modernization and life extension. Armenia has a unique experience of the ANPP operation. The Unit 2 was restarted after 6, 5 years’ conservation. The plant is critical for the development of Armenia’s energy system and whole social and economic life of the Republic. The Rusatom Service Company is the General Contractor of the Armenian NPP life extension project which is mainly aimed at the plant resource recovery and life extension, safety and efficiency upgrading.
About Rosatom
Rosatom is the only company in the world owning the required resources and competence for successful activity in all sectors of nuclear energy production line. The Rosatom joins the wide range assets including design, construction, NPPs operation and decommissioning, uranium mining, its processing and enrichment, supply of fresh fuel, storage of spent fuel, its transportation and safe reprocessing. Scope of the Rosatom’s activity also includes manufacturing of equipment and isotope products for nuclear medicine needs, scientific researches, material engineering, and manufacturing of digital products, various nuclear and non-nuclear innovative products. The strategy of the State Corporation consists in development of low-carbon generation projects including windpower engineering. Currently the Rosatom joints more than 300 enterprises and organizations with totally about 250 thousand employees.
The TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom includes enterprises dealing with production of nuclear fuel, uranium conversion and enrichment, production of stable isotopes, manufacturing of gas centrifuges; and also scientific, research and design organizations. The Company is the only nuclear fuel supplier of Russian NPPs. The TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom supplies nuclear fuel to 73 power units in 13 countries, research reactors in 10 countries, and also transport reactors of Russian nuclear-powered fleet. Each sixth power reactor in the world runs on fuel manufactured by TVEL.