Critical assessment of diversification of nuclear fuel for the operating VVER reactors in the EU

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VLČEK Tomáš

Rok publikování 2016
Druh Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj Energy Strategy Reviews
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU

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www http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X16300372
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2016.08.006
Obor Politologie a politické vědy
Klíčová slova Nuclear fuel fabrication; VVER reactor design; OAO TVEL; Westinghouse Electric Company LLC; EU supply security
Popis The current pressure for the diversification of nuclear fuel for VVER reactors in the EU is traceable to the proposed European Energy Security Strategy of May 2014, and to the recent Euratom call for the licensing of non-Russian fuel for VVER reactors won by aWestinghouse-led group in June 2015. The VVER-440 fuel market is monopolized by Russia's OAO TVEL, and this development indeed is related to the supply security of the EU's VVER-440 fleet. But the evidence shows that only Slovakia's NPPs can effectively diversify the fuel for the VVER-440 fleet, as Slovakia is the only country without long-term contractual obstacles to changing suppliers. The European Commission is thus supporting primarily the diversification activities of the Slovak Republic.
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