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WORLD NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY: CURRENT SITUATION AND FORECASTS
ArticleName Progress in creation of fuel assemblies for the VVER-1000 reactor
ArticleAuthor Based on materials by information agencies, and other media
Abstract

TVS-2 fuel assembly design, with reinforced framework created by welding the guide thimbles and spacer grids, developed by JSC TVEL and other companies, helped to solve the main problems of the previous reactor cores, resulting in implementation of advanced fuel cycles providing better fuel burn-up and higher capacity factor.

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