Uranium & Fuel

Europe / Westinghouse Consortium To Develop ‘Fully European’ Nuclear Fuel For Russian Reactors

By David Dalton
7 July 2023

Operators of bloc’s VVER plants want to diversify supplies away from Moscow

Westinghouse Consortium To Develop ‘Fully European’ Nuclear Fuel For Russian Reactors
The Temelín nuclear power statiion in the Czech republic has two Russian-designed VVER reactor units. Courtesy ČEZ.
A consortium led by US-based Westinghouse has been chosen by the European Union to develop and deliver a “secure, fully European” nuclear fuel supply to Russian-designed pressurised water reactors (VVER).

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