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The ETRR-2 research reactor in Egypt. Photo courtesy Rosatom. Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (NCCP) and the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority have signed a 10-year contract for Russia to supply low-enriched uranium (LEU) for the ETRR-2 research reactor.

Russia’s Tvel nuclear fuel company, of which NCCP is a subsidiary, said the contract is a logical follow-up to a number of contracts for the shipment of fuel components to Egypt in recent years.

The Argentinian-designed multipurpose ETRR-2, Egypt’s only reactor, uses uranium fuel with an enrichment of 19.75%. The reactor is used for research in particle physics, materials engineering, and the production of stable isotopes.

Tvel, a subsidiary of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, said it considers Egypt an important and promising market. The company already has a contract for nuclear fuel supplies to the future El Dabaa nuclear station in the north of the African country. The contract covers supplies to all four power units of El Dabaa during the facility’s entire operational lifetime.

Date: Tuesday, 07 April 2020
Original article: nucnet.org/news/russia-to-supply-leu-for-etrr-2-research-reactor-4-1-2020

Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (NCCP) has signed a 10-year contract with the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority for the supply of low-enriched nuclear fuel components, such as uranium and aluminium items, for the ETRR-2 research reactor. NCCP is a subsidiary of Russian nuclear fuel manufacturer TVEL.

Date: Tuesday, 07 April 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Russian-facility-to-supply-fuel-components-for-Egy

The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) have completed of a multi-year campaign to move used highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Canada to the USA.

Date: Friday, 21 February 2020
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrepatriation-of-used-fuel-completed-from-canada-to-usa-7782374

A campaign to move used highly enriched uranium (HEU) fuel from Canada to the USA, which began in 2015, has been completed a year ahead of schedule, the US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) have announced.

Date: Friday, 14 February 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Canada,-USA-complete-used-fuel-return

Russian Fuel Company TVEL (part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom) and the Atomic Energy Organisation of Egypt on 15 April signed a contract for the supply of low enriched uranium fuel from TVEL’s Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrate Plant (NCCP) to Egypt’s ETRR-2 research reactor. The contract was signed on the sidelines of the XI International Forum Atomexpo-2019 in Sochi. The ETRR-2 at the National Centre for Nuclear Research in the city of Inshas is used for scientific research in the field of elementary particle physics, materials science, and also for producing stable isotopes. In 2017-2018 NCCP supplies a number of nuclear fuel components for the ETRR-2. TVEL also expects to supply of nuclear fuel for the four VVER-1200 reactors to be built at Al Dabaa NPP in Egypt and to assist in construction of a dry container storage for used nuclear fuel at Al-Dabaa. The Central Design Technological Institute, also part of TVEL, is subcontractor for the design.  

Date: Thursday, 18 April 2019
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstvel-contracted-to-supply-fuel-to-egypt-7161167


Russia has removed highly-enriched irradiated liquid nuclear fuel from Uzbekistan's IIN-3M research reactor. Moscow-based Sosny, which develops technologies for the preparation of used nuclear fuel for reprocessing or storage, said the shipment was completed on 24 September.

Date: Wednesday, 30 September 2015
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfuel-removal-paves-way-for-decommissioning-of-uzbek-research-complex-4682488

French firm AREVA will continue to manage the used fuel from Belgium's BR2 research reactor, following a contract extension from the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN).

Date: Monday, 08 September 2014
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsareva-to-continue-br2-fuel-treatment-4364790

Russia and Bangladesh have signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the field of atomic energy for peaceful purposes. Meanwhile, Russia plans to cooperate with Namibia in uranium mining and processing.

Date: Friday, 21 May 2010
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Russia-and-Bangladesh-agree-to-cooperate