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The core of unit 5 at the Zaporozhe nuclear power plant in Ukraine has been fully loaded with VVER-1000 fuel produced by Westinghouse, operator Energoatom announced yesterday. In July 2018, unit 3 of the South Ukraine plant became the first VVER-1000 reactor anywhere to operate with a full core of fuel not supplied by Russia.

Date: Friday, 13 December 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Zaporozhe-5-loaded-exclusively-with-Westinghouse-f

Russia’s TVEL fuel company has signed a contract with Bulgaria’s Kozloduy NPP for fuel supplies until 2025.

Date: Friday, 06 December 2019
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussia-to-supply-fuel-to-kozloduy-npp-until-2025-7541032

Westinghouse Electric has loaded its EnCore accident-tolerant fuel at Exelon Generation’s Byron-2 nuclear power plant in Illinois, the company said in a statement

Westinghouse said this is the first insertion of EnCore fuel assemblies into a commercial nuclear power plant.

The operation was carried out during a scheduled refuelling outage at Byron-2.

Westinghouse said the two lead test assemblies contain chromium-coated zirconium cladding for enhanced oxidation and corrosion resistance, higher density fuel pellets for improved fuel economics, and uranium silicide pellets.

Date: Thursday, 12 September 2019
Original article: nucnet.org/news/first-accident-tolerant-fuel-loaded-at-byron-2-9-3-2019

Ukraine's Energoatom and Westinghouse of the USA have signed a preliminary agreement for Westinghouse to manufacture fuel for VVER-440 reactors in the country. Ukraine has two VVER-440s - units 1 and 2 of the Rovno nuclear power plant.

Date: Friday, 06 September 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Energoatom-and-Westinghouse-plan-VVER-440-fuel-coo

The first eight Westinghouse Triton11 fuel assemblies have been delivered to Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oy's Olkiluoto plant. The new assemblies will be loaded into Olkiluoto 2 during the unit's upcoming outage.

Date: Thursday, 28 February 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/First-delivery-of-new-generation-BWR-fuel