UMP products certified for Japanese market

UMP products certified for Japanese market

According to the signed document , first lot delivery terms are related to completion of ratification process for Japanese-Kazakhstan Intergovernmental nuclear cooperation agreement, signed March 2010 in Tokyo.
The Japanese side also reached a progress in certifying UMP powder for nuclear fuel for Japanese nuclear power plants. NFI has finished certification of uranium dioxide powders produced by Ulba Metallurgical Plant. The certification will allow UMP to launch a project on uranium dioxide powdersupply to the Japanese market.

Kazatomprom is the national operator of the Republic of Kazakhstan for export of uranium and its compounds, rare metals, nuclear fuel for nuclear power plants, special purpose equipment, technologies and double-use materials. The main activities of the company are: geological exploration, uranium production, manufacture of nuclear fuel cycle products, reactor construction, nuclear power plants, production of construction materials, the electric energy sector, scientific support of production and social welfare and training of personnel. Today Kazatomprom has more than 26,000 employees and is amongst the leading uranium production companies in the world.

Ulba Metallurgical Plant is one of the recognized world leaders in the production of fuel pellets from the uranium dioxide for NPPs as well as the products containing beryllium, tantalum and niobium. The enterprise is a part of the National Atomic Company Kazatomprom.

Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd. (NFI) was formed in 1972 by the integration of the nuclear power businesses of The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. as an integrated nuclear power company. NFI is Japan’s sole producer of fuel for both boiling-water reactors (BWRs) and pressurized-water reactors (PWRs). The company develops, produces, and designs various innovative kinds of nuclear fuel, including fuel components for world-leading technologies such as high-temperature gas reactors and fast-breeder reactors. Westinghouse Electric group acquired a majority interest in NFI in May, 2009.