The Nuclear
Fuel Market in Russia and the Former Soviet Union:The Dreams and the Reality:
Alexander Pavlov & Nigel Mote
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Table
1: Nuclear fuel cycle suppliers and customers in the Former Soviet Union |
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| I. Producers: | ||||
| Uranium | 1 (PCPA)[a] | 1 (VMC) | 1 (KAP) | 1 (NMMC)[a] |
| Enrichment | 1 (Minatom) | No | 1 (KAP)[b] | No |
| Fuel | (Tvel) | No | 1 (KAP)[b] | No |
| Power | (REA) | 1 (GKA) | 1 (ME) | No |
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| II. Consumers: | ||||
| Uranium | 1 (Minatom) | 1 (GKA) | 1 (KAP) | No |
| Enrichment | 1 (TVEL) | 1 (GKA) | 1 (KAP) | No |
| Fuel | 1 (REA) | 1 (GKA) | 1 (KAP) | No |
| Power | 1 (RAO EES) | 2 (NDC,ER) | 1 (ME) | No |
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| III. Internal traders: | ||||
| Uranium | No | No | No | No |
| Enrichment | No | No | No | No |
| Fuel | No | No | No | No |
| Power | 1 (RAO EES) | 1 (ER) | 1 (ME) | No |
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| IV. External traders: | ||||
| Uranium | 1 (TENEX) | No | 1 (KAP) | 1 (NMMC) |
| Enrichment | 1 (TENEX) | No | No | No |
| Fuel | 1 (Tvel) | 1 (GKA) | No | No |
| Power | 1 (RAO EES) | 1 (ER) | 1 (ME) | No |
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| V. Competition | No | No | No | No |
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| VI. Information Availability: | ||||
| Uranium | Irregular | Classified | Irregula | Irregular |
| Enrichment | Classified | - | - | - |
| Fuel | No | - | - | - |
| Power | Available | Available | Irregular | - |
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| [a] | Currently all new uranium is produced for export. | |||
| [b] | Currently all powder and pellets are produced for export. | |||
| PCPA | Priargunsky Chemical Production Association, Krasnokamensk, Russia. | |||
| Minatom | Ministry of Atomic Energy, Russia. | |||
| Tvel | Joint Stock Company Tvel, Russia (Russian fuel fabricator). | |||
| REA | Joint Stock Company Rosenergoatom (Russian nuclear utility). | |||
| RAO EES | Russian Joint Stock Company Unified Energy Networks of Russia. | |||
| TENEX | Joint Stock Company Techsnabexport, Russia. | |||
| VMC | Vostochny Mining Combinat, Zheltye Vody, Ukraine. | |||
| GKA | Goskomatom, State Committee for Atomic Energy, Ukraine. | |||
| NDC | National Distribution Center, Ukraine. | |||
| ER | State Company Energorynok (Ukrainian electric networks). | |||
| KAP | State Joint Stock Company Kazatomprom, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan. | |||
| ME | Ministry of Energy, Kazakhstan. | |||
| NMMC | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat, Navoi, Uzbekistan. | |||
The Nuclear
Fuel Market in Russia and the Former Soviet Union: