Rosatom has completed its first-ever shipment of nuclear fuel for power unit No. 3 of the Xudapu NPP, located in China's Liaoning Province. Fuel assemblies for the initial loading of the VVER-1200 reactor were manufactured at the Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant—a landmark event for Russian-Chinese cooperation in the nuclear field.
Previously, TVEL (Rosatom's fuel company) had already supplied fuel to VVER-1000 and VVER-1200 reactors at the Tianwan NPP, and also supplied fuel assemblies for Chinese fast neutron reactors. The new delivery expands the geography and range of cooperation: for the first time, Russian-produced fuel is being loaded into a VVER-1200 reactor specifically at the Xudapu site.
We plan to manufacture and supply initial fuel loadings for two more new VVER-1200 reactors at the Tianwan NPP and Xudapu NPP by the end of this year.
The technical aspect of the delivery requires the highest precision: each fuel assembly undergoes multi-stage quality control, meets international safety standards, and is adapted to the design features of the reactor.