Romania to Supply Uranium Fuel to Argentina
Romania's Feldioara Uranium Plant has won an international tender to supply uranium dioxide fuel to Argentina's nuclear power plants for a year.
The plant, a subsidiary of nuclear utility SN Nuclearelectrica (SNN), will deliver nuclear fuel in the form of uranium dioxide (UO2) to Argentina.
- Argentina's power reactors are pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs) which do not require enriched uranium to operate.
- Romania's Cernavodă NPP comprises two 650 MWe Candu reactors.
- Argentina has two PHWRs at its Atucha NPP and a Candu unit at Embalse.
Romania's Feldioara Uranium Concentrate Processing Plant (FPCU) has begun processing uranium oxide (U3O8) for the production of UO2 to supply Argentina's NPPs for a period of one year.
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Author's summary: Romania wins tender to supply uranium fuel to Argentina.