The TVEL Fuel Company (TVEL) is a Rosatom-owned nuclear fuel cycle company headquartered in Moscow. It has operated since 1996.
- TVEL' (') is also a Russian abbreviation of the "heat-releasing element", fuel rod.''
History and operations
The company was founded by Vitaliy Konovalov in 1996.[1] He headed the company until 2000.[1]
It works mainly in uranium enrichment and the production of nuclear fuel. TVEL belongs to the Atomenergoprom holding company (part of Rosatom).