Recent research has focused on the development and optimization of annular fuel systems, particularly in small modular reactors (SMRs) and existing reactor types like the VVER-1000. The advantages ...
Currently, the only alternative supplier of nuclear fuel for VVER-1000 and VVER-440 reactors is the North American company, Westinghouse. The company has its own licensed technology and many years ...
Less than a year has passed since Energoatom launched a campaign to complete the construction of two units of the Khmelnitsky NPP, and Ukraine is already being covered by a scandal. Some deputies ...
"Before being loaded into the reactor, the containers will be kept under special conditions in the fresh fuel storage facility at the NPP site." One fuel load for the VVER-1200 reactor consists of 163 ...
For the first time, Russian scientists have started reactor testing of nuclear fuel with 5% enriched Uranium-235 and a new type of neutron absorber (Erbium) for VVER reactors. The purpose of the ...
Being developed in collaboration with Russia's Rosatom, the plant will include four VVER-1200 reactors ... for the construction of the spent nuclear fuel storage facility at El-Dabaa.” ...
Czech company Škoda JS has successfully delivered eight new drives for two VVER 440 reactors to the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Ukraine. The delivery of eight new reactor drives was completed ...