Moscow and Kiev have started dialogues on the supply of upgraded fuel for Ukrainian NPPs
Russia to 2016 can begin the first deliveries of the upgraded fuel TVSA-12 for one of the boilers of Ukrainian NPPs, the conversations about it are currently under way, said senior Vice President fuel the organization TVEL state Corporation "Rosatom" Pyotr Lavrenyuk.

Russia to 2016 can begin the first deliveries of the upgraded fuel TVSA-12 for one of the boilers of Ukrainian NPPs, the conversations about it are currently under way, said senior Vice President fuel the organization TVEL state Corporation "Rosatom" Pyotr Lavrenyuk.
"under the new fuel we have with our Ukrainian partners are working, it is at the final stage ", - he said at a press conference in the framework of the forum " ATOMEXPO 2015 ", RIA " Novosti ".
Lavrenyuk reminded that in 2014 the State Inspectorate for nuclear regulation of Ukraine (the STATE) held the licensing process of the modernized Russian fuel TVSA-12 in Ukraine. As the operator of Ukrainian NPPs of NNEGC "Energoatom" has finalized its parts to substantiate use of the new fuel, prepared by "Energoatom" documents is obliged to consider the STATE, added Lavrenyuk." We hope that this year - at least the last 2 round of talks with Energoatom to confirm this, We can go to the petition on the supply of the new fuel in 2016 to download one of the boilers of NPPs of Ukraine ", - he said. At the end of April, the Minister of energy and coal industry of Ukraine Volodymyr Demchyshyn said that Kyiv is going to abandon the joint project on construction of plants for the production of nuclear fuel. March 20 was declared that on the South-Ukrainian nuclear power plant was uploaded modernized fuel TVs-WR production in the us-Japanese Westinghouse organization in the reactor of the 3rd power unit of the station. On 18 March the Commissioner of Russia to the IAEA Board of governors Grigory Berdennikov said that Kiev's decision to apply manufactured by the American company Westinghouse fuel for Ukrainian nuclear power plants increases the probability of the cast to a major catastrophe. Remember, at the end of December of last year the Ukrainian Energoatom and the American Westinghouse signed an agreement to increase the supply of nuclear fuel from the US for nuclear power plants in Ukraine until 2020. In the capital of Russia alarmed by this letter, noting that the deal Kiev with Westinghouse ignores considerations of nuclear safety. In the IAEA told that Ukraine should be free to decide the issue of procurement of fuel for nuclear power plants.