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:''TVEL ( rus, ТВЭЛ, r=tvel) is also a Russian abbreviation of the "heat-releasing element", 
The TVEL Fuel Company (TVEL) is a Russian nuclear fuel cycle company headquartered in
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The TVEL Fuel Company (TVEL) is a Russian nuclear fuel cycle company headquartered in Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
. It has operated since 1996.
History and operations
The company was founded byVitaliy Konovalov
Vitaliy Konovalov (14 September 1932–9 May 2013) was a Soviet politician who served as the Ministry of Atomic Energy, minister of atomic energy and industry. In 1998 he established a nuclear fuel cycle company, TVEL, JSC TVEL.
Early life and e ...
in 1996. He headed the company until 2000.
It works mainly in uranium enrichment
Enriched uranium is a type of uranium in which the percent composition of uranium-235 (written 235U) has been increased through the process of isotope separation. Naturally occurring uranium is composed of three major isotopes: uranium-238 (238U ...
and the production of nuclear fuel
Nuclear fuel is material used in nuclear power stations to produce heat to power turbines. Heat is created when nuclear fuel undergoes nuclear fission.
Most nuclear fuels contain heavy fissile actinide elements that are capable of undergoing ...
. TVEL belongs to the Atomenergoprom
Atomenergoprom (Atomic Energy Power Corporation, AEP, russian: AO Атомэнергопром) is a 100% state-owned holding company that unifies the Russian civil nuclear industry. It is a part of the Rosatom State corporation.
History
Atomenerg ...
holding company (part of Rosatom
Rosatom, ( rus, Росатом, p=rɐsˈatəm}) also known as Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation, the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom or Rosatom State Corporation, is a Russian state corporation headquartered in Moscow that speciali ...
).
TVEL supplies fuel to the Czech Republic
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, Slovakia, Bulgaria
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, Hungary, Ukraine, Armenia, Lithuania, Finland
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, China
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and India
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. In the world, 73 power reactors (17% of the world market by number) and 30 research reactors are currently running with TVEL made fuel.
TVEL is developing the TVS-K fuel assembly for Western-designed reactors. As of 2017 TVS-K is in pilot usage, and TVEL hopes it will be ready for commercial supply in 2021.
The chairman of the board of directors is Yuri Olenin. The president of TVEL is Natalia Nikipelova Natalia may refer to:
People
* Natalia (given name), list of people with this name
* Natalia (Belgian singer) (born 1980)
* Natalia (Greek singer) (born 1983)
* Natalia (Spanish singer) (born 1982)
Music and film
* ''Natalia'' (film), a 198 ...
.
Subsidiaries
;Nuclear fuel production * Mashinostroitelny Zavod Elektrostal *Novosibirsk Plant of Chemical Concentrates
Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (russian: Новосибирский завод химконцентратов) is a company based in Novosibirsk, Russia. It is part of TVEL (Rosatom group).
The Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (Khi ...
* Chepetsky Mechanical Plant
Chepetskiy Mechanical Plant (russian: Чепецкий механический завод) is a company based in Glazov, Russia and established in 1946. It is part of TVEL, a Rosatom subsidiary.
The Chepetskiy Mechanical Plant Association is a le ...
* Moscow Plant of Polymetals
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million re ...
;Separation-sublimation assets
* Angarsk Electrolysis Chemical Combine
Angarsk Electrochemical Combine (russian: Ангарский электролизный химический комбинат) is a company based in Angarsk, Russia. It is a subsidiary of TVEL (Rosatom group).
The Angarsk Electrochemical Combine ...
* Zelenogorsk Electrochemical Plant
The JSC Zelenogorsk Electrochemical Plant (russian: Электрохимический завод) was established in 1962 to produce highly enriched uranium for the Soviet nuclear weapons program. It is a subsidiary of TVEL (Rosatom group), locate ...
* Siberian Chemical Combine
The Siberian Chemical Combine (russian: Сибирский химический комбинат) was established in 1953 in Tomsk-7 now known as Seversk, in the Tomsk Region as a single complex of the nuclear technological cycle for the creation o ...
* Ural Electrochemical Plant
The Ural Electrochemical Combine (russian: Уральский электрохимический комбинат) is a company located in Novouralsk, Russia. It is a subsidiary of TVEL (Rosatom group). Beginning in 1949, the plant began the produ ...
;Research institutes and design bureaus
* Central Design and Technology Institute
* VNIINM
* Novouralsk Scientific and Design Center
* OKB-Nizhny Novgorod
* Centrotech-SPb
* Uralpribor
See also
*Energy policy of Russia
Russia's energy policy which is set out in the government's ''Energy Strategy'' document, first approved in 2000, which sets out the government's policy to 2020 (later prolonged up to 2030). The Energy Strategy outlines several key priorities: ...
* Nuclear power in Russia
Russia is one of the world's largest producers of nuclear energy.
In 2020 total electricity generated in nuclear power plants in Russia was 215.746 TWh, 20.28% of all power generation.
The installed gross capacity of Russian nuclear reactors ...
* Rosatom
Rosatom, ( rus, Росатом, p=rɐsˈatəm}) also known as Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation, the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom or Rosatom State Corporation, is a Russian state corporation headquartered in Moscow that speciali ...
References
External links
* Mining companies of Russia Nuclear fuel companies Uranium mining companies of Russia Rosatom Companies based in Moscow {{nuclear-energy-stub