Urenco Supports Bulgaria In Diversifying Nuclear Fuel Supply Urenco (ENS Corporate Member) has signed a new agreement for enrichment services to supply the Kozloduy nuclear power plant in Bulgaria. The long-term agreement will see Urenco support the operation of one of two units at Kozloduy, the only NPP in Bulgaria, so supporting the country’s objectives…
EU Selected A Consortium To Secure VVER Fuel Supply in Europe A consortium led by Westinghouse (ENS Corporate Member) was selected by the European Union (EU) to develop and deliver a secure nuclear fuel supply to Russian-designed pressurized water reactors VVER, operating in Eastern Europe and Ukraine. The APIS project (Accelerated Program for Implementation of Secure VVER fuel…
Westinghouse Supports Slovakia’s Nuclear Fuel Supply Diversification Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) signed a long-term agreement with Slovenské elektrárne to license and supply VVER-440 fuel assemblies to its nuclear power plants in Bohunice and Mochovce, Slovakia. According to IAEA PRIS, in 2022 more than 59% of the electricity produced in Slovakia was generated by…
Westinghouse and Energoatom, A Week Full Of Achievements A week rich in milestones and agreements for Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) and Ukraine’s state operator Energoatom. On 11 September 2023, for the first time, Westinghouse fuel was loaded into a VVER-440 reactor at the Rivne nuclear power plant. The supply of fuel assemblies for the…
Urenco To Cooperate With Bechtel To Support Energy Security Last week, Urenco (ENS Corporate Member) inaugurated a new partnership with the global construction company Bechtel for the provision of front-end engineering services to support the expansion of Urenco’s Tails Management Facility (TMF) in the UK so it is capable of processing greater volumes of the…
A New Euratom Project To Diversify Nuclear Fuel Supply A new Innovation Action called SAVE, funded under the Euratom Research and Training Programme is a significant step forward in Europe’s efforts towards nuclear fuel diversification. The project will work with €10 million in EU contribution. Led by Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) and gathering 17 partners from…