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Westinghouse, Västerås
Västerås, Sweden59.61°N 16.55°E
computed criticality18/100
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The only fully European VVER fuel fabrication
2024Fault line
This is where Eastern Europe loosens TVEL's grip: Västerås fabricates the fuel for Ukrainian, Czech, Finnish and Slovak VVERs, reactors designed to take only Russian fuel. Qualifying each assembly type takes years; the European APIS programme coordinates this exit from dependence, reactor by reactor.
Actors
Westinghouse Electric Sweden
Energoatom (Kyiv)
ČEZ (Prague)
Enusa (Juzbado)
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