Russian nuclear fuel on Swedish market hailed as promising event
15.12.2016
TVEL Fuel Company (part of the Russian state nuclear
industry corporation Rosatom) and Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel Company
(Sweden) have signed a contract on delivering nuclear fuel of the TVS-K
variety to the Ringhals nuclear power plant (part of Vattenfall Group,
Sweden). The contract provides for delivering commercial reloads of
nuclear fuel assemblies starting 2021. The contract’s implementation
will diversify nuclear fuel deliveries for Vattenfall Company. The new
fuel will also allow the nuclear power plant operating company to
improve the economic performance of its nuclear power plants.
The
contract is an important event for the nuclear industry, even a
breakthrough, BelTA learned from Sergei Kondratyev, Section Head in the
Economic Department of the Energy and Finance Institute Foundation
(Russia). Rosatom and Russia traditionally maintain good relations with
Finland in nuclear affairs. Rosatom’s position on the Swedish market has
never been so strong. “Let me remind you that from the very start the
Swedes had their own technologies as well as serious manufacturing
cooperation with other Western countries, in particular, the USA. This
is why the fact that Rosatom has reached the Swedish market can be
described as a good and promising event. Apart from quite tangible
financial and economic benefits the fact entails rather massive benefits
for Rosatom’s reputation. Sweden’s ecological standards are very
serious and its requirements for safety and reliability parameters in
the entire power engineering industry, not only nuclear energy, are on
par. The choice of Rosatom as a partner indicates that the fuel and the
technologies the Russian company offers will pass any tests,” said
Sergei Kondratyev.
Eastern and Western Europe countries demonstrate a
certain phenomenon in relation to Russia. Despite their more critical
attitudes to Russia Western Europe countries are very good at
calculating economic benefits. “They are ready to buy our products if
they benefit from it. And they do it just like Sweden has just
demonstrated,” said Sergei Kondratyev.