Vietnam, Russia and the USA have signed an agreement to replace highly enriched uranium fuel at Vietnam"s only research reactor with low enriched fuel. The contract signed by the US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Russian nuclear fuel manfacturer TVEL, and the Vietnamese Atomic Energy Commission will replace highly enriched uranium (HEU) fuel at the Dalat research reactor, currently enriched to 36% uranium-235, with fuel enriched to less than 20% uranium-235 (LEU). The VVR-M2 fuel, which will be manufactured in Russia by TVEL, is to be supplied under the Russian-American Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (RERTR) programme. Delivery is scheduled for September 2007. |
