TVEL and Armenian NPP sign contract documents for Russian nuclear fuel supplies

ArmInfo. TVEL JSC  and According to the source, contract documents were signed during the visit to Armenia of a representative delegation of top management of the Rosatom Fuel Company TVEL headed by the president of "TVEL"JSC Natalia Nikipelova. Fuel company of  TVEL offered Armenian partners to increase energy security and favorable commercial conditions for the supply of nuclear fuel, confirming the high level of our long-term partnership and mutual trust.

A nuclear power plant plays a key role in providing the country with electricity, so it is extremely important to ensure its guaranteed and uninterrupted operation. In 2016, we made a joint decision to create a nuclear fuel reserve at the Armenian NPP, "said Natalia Nikipelova, president of TVEL JSC.  Deliveries of nuclear fuel to the Armenian nuclear power plant, which provides up to 40% of the country's electricity generation, are an important area of Russian-Armenian cooperation in the energy sector. The Russian-made fuel is supplied to the power unit No. 2 with an installed capacity of 440 MW (nuclear reactor - VVER-440) since 1995. During this time, not a single violation related to the operation of nuclear fuel was recorded.  Earlier in an interview with the correspondent. ArmInfo Director General of Armenian NPP CJSC Movses Vardanyan informed that the station has been successfully cooperating with TVEL for many years. "Last year, nuclear fuel was delivered for two full-time overloads in 2016 and 2017," Vardanyan said, adding that an agreement was reached on fuel supplies for the next two years - 2018 and 2019. "I note that, thanks to the agreements reached with TVEL, a fuel reserve has been formed, which we can use in case of force majeure, for example, caused by transportation of fuel across adjacent borders in conditions of political instability." TVEL is a reliable supplier of fuel, always fulfilling the obligations on time.All the time of cooperation, there was not a single breakdown or failure in deliveries of fuel elements to the Armenian nuclear power plant. Moreover, since 1995 there have been no luchaya depressurization TVEL-s "- said General Director of the station. He also highly appreciated the quality and reliability of Russian fuel.  "There have never been any complaints about fuel of TVEL brand, neither our experts, nor foreign experts who visited the Armenian nuclear power plant with inspections, but in the future we plan to move the nuclear power plant to a 15-month fuel cycle, but this will not happen before the modernization is completed our nuclear power plant, "Movses Vardanyan said.  "TVEL" JSC was established on September 12, 1996 in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, is a part of the State Corporation "Rosatom". Fuel company TVEL includes enterprises for fabricating nuclear fuel, converting and enriching uranium, producing gas centrifuges, as well as research and design organizations. It is the only supplier of nuclear fuel for Russian nuclear power plants. TVEL JSC  provides nuclear fuel for 75 power reactors in 14 countries, research reactors in eight countries, as well as transport reactors of the Russian nuclear fleet. Every sixth power reactor in the world operates on fuel manufactured by TVEL.