The Westinghouse fuel loaded into the reactor unit III South-Ukrainian NPP

The experts of the South-Ukrainian nuclear power plant completed the download of the upgraded fuel FA-WR production of American-Japanese organization into the reactor Westinghouse 3-th power station, said the head of the NNEGC "Energoatom" Yuriy Nedashkovsky.

now the Ukrainian authorities are trying to develop nuclear energy because of the shortage of coal. While Kiev is willing to expand cooperation with the United States, and among them with the American Westinghouse Corporation, for the supply of fuel for Ukrainian NPPs.

first, in 2012-2013, for 2 units of the South-Ukrainian NPP were reported violations in the fuel assemblies of American manufacturing. It turned out that these violations were caused by structural defects Westinghouse. Experts see in the decision of Kiev again to start the application on its nuclear fuel Westinghouse danger of nuclear safety in the field.

in early March, Westinghouse reported that the fuel assemblies of the organization Westinghouse, delivered at the South-Ukrainian nuclear power plant (NPP) in November 2014, in the near future will be loaded into the reactor 3-th power station.

"Literally on Tuesday (March 17 - ed.) in the middle of the day has finished downloading FA-WR in the active zone, without any issues," writes the Ukrainian news Agency UNIAN.

However, he said that the fuel organization Westinghouse is high, as during the period of application of the cassettes FA-W, as if it was not observed a single case of its depressurization.

first of Experts was reminded many times that a few years ago at the Czech Temelin NPP occurred depressurization of fuel elements production Westinghouse, after which the Czech Republic has not wanted from this vendor.

Connection 3-th power of the South-Ukrainian NPP to the grid of the country is planned for the beginning of April 2015.


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