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4.2. FUEL DIVISION
Key results in 2022:
Consolidated revenue totalled RUB 271 billion, up 14.9% year on year.
Fuel for the CFR-600 reactor (China), which is under construction, was manufactured and shipped.
Delivery of components for the BREST-OD-300 reactor vessel in Seversk was started.
A contract was signed for the supply of modified fuel for the VVR-SM research reactor (Uzbekistan).
The construction of a lithium-ion battery factory was started in the Kaliningrad Region.
TVEL Fuel Company (hereinafter referred to as TVEL Fuel Company, the Company or the Division) is one of
the world's largest nuclear fuel producers and the only supplier of nuclear fuel for all Russian NPPs, naval
propulsion and research reactors in Russia. Fuel produced by TVEL is used at NPPs in 15 countries, meaning
that one in every six power reactors worldwide runs on this fuel.
The Company consolidates the assets of the Fuel Division, which comprises enterprises specialising in gas
centrifuge production, uranium enrichment and nuclear fuel fabrication, as well as research and design
organisations.
The Division is actively developing new businesses: metals production and energy storage systems, the
chemical industry and 3D printing technologies. TVEL Fuel Company comprises industry integrators
specialising in the decommissioning of facilities posing nuclear and radiation hazards and in energy storage
systems.
The Division is the main supplier of fuel for Russian-design VVER reactors abroad and has the necessary
capabilities for the fabrication of nuclear fuel for PWR and BWR reactors and its components from
reprocessed uranium (in cooperation with Framatome), as well as fuel pellets for BWR and PHWR reactors.
TVEL Fuel Company has developed and supplies PWR fuel assemblies designed in-house, TVS-Kvadrat. It
has globally unique capabilities for the production of fuel for fast neutron reactors: uranium fuel for the
BN-600 and CFR-600 reactors and MOX fuel for the BN-800 reactor. In addition, pilot fuel assemblies with
mixed nitride uranium-plutonium (MNUP) fuel, which is being developed by the Division for the innovative
BREST-OD-300 reactor, are currently being tested in the BN-600 reactor (Beloyarsk NPP). The Division's
enterprises also fabricate nuclear fuel and its components for Russian- and foreign-design research
reactors around the world.
With enterprises located in 10 regions of the Russian Federation, TVEL Fuel Company is able to effectively
engage with its partners across a wide range of issues and business areas. The social environment in the
Company's regions of operation is influenced by the fact that some of its production facilities are based in
closed administrative and territorial formations (CATFs): Seversk, Novouralsk and Zelenogorsk, and in the
single-industry town of Glazov. These enterprises play a central role in the local economy and are major
taxpayers.
Operating results
Indicator
2020
2021
2022
Comments
Consolidated revenue,
RUB billion
208.7
235.7
271.0
0.02
0.05
0.09
LTIFR
Environmental costs,
RUB million
1,989.1 2,345.8
The growth was due to changes in volumes,
including an increase in overseas orders, changes
in the structure of orders, as well as a rise in prices
for products sold by the Division and changes in its
scope of consolidation.
The change was due to an increase in the number
of minor accidents.
2,366.8 The change was insignificant.
The change was due to the hiring of personnel
to support production ramp-up, including new
non-nuclear businesses, and changes in the scope
of consolidation.
The increase was related to changes in the data
collection format (breakdown by budget level).
Average headcount, persons
21,835 21,841
23,382
Tax payments (actual),
RUB million 31
15,961 15,072
16,116
Contribution to the technological
sovereignty of the Russian Federation
The Division's enterprises contribute to the technological sovereignty of the Russian Federation in a number
of areas, including metals production, special chemicals, energy storage systems, hydrogen energy, etc.
Metals production
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The range of titanium products for shipbuilding and the aircraft industry has been expanded;
The first batch of bioceramic dental implants has been delivered in order to register the medical
product and launch it on the Russian market;
Serial batches of medical titanium bars and wire have been shipped to key domestic manufacturers
of medical implantable products. These bars have been used to produce implants for osteosynthesis,
maxillofacial surgery and products for the arthroplasty of large human joints;
A new high-performance design of calcium injection wire has undergone industrial tests; the wire is
supplied in batches to Russian metals enterprises;
The production of a new range of injection wire for the iron and steel industry based on ferrotitanium
for steel microalloying has been set up;
Process parameters have been tested for the machining of rare-earth magnets and the application of
a multilayer protective coating on them; a pilot batch has been manufactured, and samples of finished
products have been sent for the required examination and testing. Permanent rare-earth magnets are
used primarily in wind power generation and electric vehicles.
PERFORMANCE OF DIVISIONS
31. Data for 2021 have been recalculated due to changes in the data collection format (breakdown by budget level).
PERFORMANCE OF DIVISIONS
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