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Another unwanted dependency on Russia is the finished fuel for Russian reactor designs. Luckily a lot of countries start to go to Westinghouse to let them produ

Another unwanted dependency on Russia is the finished fuel for Russian reactor designs. Luckily a lot of countries start to go to Westinghouse to let them produce an alternative, but as far as I see it’s only for one nuclear reactor design (VVER-440)

necheffa 3y ago
Westinghouse also supports VVER-1000 too. https://www.westinghousenuclear.com/Portals/0/operating%20plant%20services/fuel/Westinghouse%20reprint%20VVER%20Fuel%20NEI.pdf?ver=2018-05-16-150206-040 https://www.westinghousenuclear.com/Portals/0/operating%20pl...
konart 3y ago
At the same time Russia is building new plants in Turkey, India, Hungary, Egypt, China, Iran and Bangladesh.
- hef19898 3y ago
  And that is actually a good thing, at least as far as climate change is concerned. In the West, it is about existing power plants and energy mixes. In those developing countries tjose nuclear plants actually replace yet-to-be-built coal and other fossil fuel plants. If they are finished fast enough, that is. And operated safely.
- actionfromafar 3y ago
  A bold move, especially for Hungary. Not sure that plant will ever be finished.