TVEL (Russian: ТВЭЛ, tr. tvel) is also a Russian abbreviation of the "heat-releasing element", fuel rod. TVEL Fuel Company Type| Open joint stock company Industry| Nuclear industry Founded| 1996 Headquarters| Moscow Key people | Vitaliy Konovalov (Founder) Sergei Sobyanin (Chairman of the board) Anton Badenkov (Acting president) Products| Nuclear fuel Revenue| $3.17 billion[1] (2017) Operating income | $983 million[1] (2017) Net income | $82 million[1] (2017) Total assets| $6.76 billion[1] (2017) Total equity| $5.45 billion[1] (2017) Parent| Atomenergoprom (Rosatom) Website| www.tvel.ru TVEL Building in Moscow The TVEL Fuel Company (TVEL) is a Russian nuclear fuel cycle company headquartered in Moscow. It has operated since 1996. ## Contents * 1 History and operations * 2 Subsidiaries * 3 See also * 4 References * 5 External links ## History and operations[edit] The company was founded by Vitaliy Konovalov in 1996.[2] He headed the company until 2000.[2] It works mainly in uranium enrichment and the production of nuclear fuel. TVEL belongs to the Atomenergoprom holding company (part of Rosatom). TVEL supplies fuel to the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Ukraine, Armenia, Lithuania, Finland, China and India. In the world, 73 power reactors (17% of the world market by number) and 30 research reactors are currently running with TVEL made fuel.[citation needed] TVEL is developing the TVS-K fuel assembly for Western-designed reactors. As of 2017 TVS-K is in pilot usage, and TVEL hopes it will be ready for commercial supply in 2021.[3] The chairman of the board of directors is Yuri Olenin.[4] The president of TVEL is Natalia Nikipelova.[5] ## Subsidiaries[edit] Nuclear fuel production[6] * Mashinostroitelny Zavod Elektrostal * Novosibirsk Plant of Chemical Concentrates * Chepetsky Mechanical Plant * Moscow Plant of Polymetals Separation-sublimation assets[7] * Angarsk Electrolysis Chemical Combine * Zelenogorsk Electrochemical Plant * Siberian Chemical Combine * Ural Electrochemical Plant Research institutes and design bureaus[8] * Central Design and Technology Institute * VNIINM * Novouralsk Scientific and Design Center * OKB-Nizhny Novgorod * Centrotech-SPb * Uralpribor ## See also[edit] * Russia portal * Energy portal * Nuclear technology portal * Energy policy of Russia * Nuclear power in Russia * Rosatom ## References[edit] 1. ^ a b c d e "Консолидированная финансовая отчетность по МСФО за 2017 год" (PDF). Retrieved 7 November 2018. 2. ^ a b "Company History". JSC TVEL. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022. 3. ^ "A Russian export brand". Nuclear Engineering International. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017. 4. ^ "Board of Directors". 5. ^ "President". 6. ^ "Фабрикация ядерного топлива". Tvel.ru. Retrieved 4 August 2017. 7. ^ "Разделительно-сублиматный комплекс". Tvel.ru. Retrieved 4 August 2017. 8. ^ "Научно-конструкторский блок". Tvel.ru. Retrieved 4 August 2017. ## External links[edit] * Official website * v * t * e Rosatom Atomenergomash| * Atommash * OKB Gidropress * OKBM Afrikantov Atomenergoprom| * ARMZ Uranium Holding * Rosenergoatom * Techsnabexport * TVEL * subsidiaries * Uranium One Atomstroyexport| * Nukem Technologies Research institutes| * Institute of Physics and Power Engineering * Luch Scientific Production Association * All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics Other companies| * Atomflot * Krasnaya Zvezda State Enterprise * Mayak * Mining and Chemical Combine * V. G. Khlopin Radium Institute * v * t * e TVEL Nuclear fuel production| * Chepetskiy Mechanical Plant * Elektrostal Machine-Building Plant * Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant Separative-sublimate assets| * Angarsk Electrochemical Combine * Siberian Chemical Combine * Ural Electrochemical Combine * Zelenogorsk Electrochemical Plant Parent company: Atomenergoprom (Rosatom Group) This Russian corporation or company article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | * v * t * e This article about a company or corporation involved in the energy industry is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | * v * t * e This article about nuclear power and nuclear reactors for power generation is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | * v * t * e *[v]: View this template *[t]: Discuss this template *[e]: Edit this template