Author: Mazepa Yuriy Yuriyovuch

National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”

PROSPECTS OF UKRAINIAN NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY

Development of domestic engineering, in particular, nuclear engineering - one of the priority tasks of the national economy. Ukraine has sufficient capacity and capabilities in this area, and the modern development of nuclear energy contributes to building and expanding international cooperation of Ukraine and countries of the world.

The demand for energy will increase and by 2050 more than doubled. Nuclear energy from all the existing technologies of energy production today is the real fuel reserve, and minimal pollution.

Many experts believe that the coming era of nuclear renaissance. The U.S. is now considered the order of 30 licenses to build new nuclear reactors. To the world nuclear park want to join: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Chile and others for increasing the number of nuclear power plants will be followed by an increase in uranium production, capacity remaining facilities related to energy production at nuclear power plants.

According to the forecasts of the World Nuclear Association (WNA), global demand for uranium will increase by 65 thousand (2001) to 75 tons in 2020.

Many countries are trying to occupy the most profitable niche in the nuclear market, which includes power equipment, as well as other products and services to the nuclear fuel cycle facilities.

Our country is the 6-th place in the world and 1-st in Europe in explored reserves of uranium, has a unique processing industries, machine-building enterprises, development of industrial and technological base, as well as considerable scientific and technical potential.

Such enterprises as East Mining, Volnogorsky Mining and Metallurgical Combine, SSPE Zirconium, Turboatom, "Ukratompribor" are among the best in the domestic nuclear industry.

State Enterprise "Eastern Mining and Concentration Plant - the only enterprise in Ukraine for the extraction and processing of uranium ore, which can fully meet the needs of nuclear power state in natural uranium.

“Turboatom” is one of the leading enterprises of Ukrainian power engineering. Supplies 13% of turbines for nuclear power plants of the total volume of deliveries of turbines in the world market and takes on this indicator 4-th place among building companies in the world. In Ukraine, the three existing nuclear power plants are equipped with turbines “Turboatom” capacity of 220, 1000 and 1100 MW. Turbine power plants operate successfully in 45 countries in Europe, Asia, America and Africa, for example, nuclear power plant Loviisa (Finland), Paks (Hungary), Kozloduy (Bulgaria).

 Corporation “Ukratompribor” is engaged in the presentation and promotion of Ukrainian products of nuclear instrument in the domestic and overseas markets. Develops and manufactures modern competitive radiometric, spectrometric equipment of new generation. Partners "Ukratompribor" are companies such as Instantel (Canada), Bruker Baltic (Lithuania), Polimaster (USA), etc.

Number of domestic enterprises producing automatic control systems plant, for example, Severodonetskoye NPO “Impuls”, “Kharkov Instrument Plant”, “Shevchenko”, "LvovORGRES", "Westron" were able to maintain production capacity and to enter the overseas market with competitive equipment that complies with international safety standards, nuclear power plants. In Bulgaria Kozloduy embedded control systems security development NPP "Radius", and contract their creation was the largest in the history of cooperation of Bulgaria and Ukraine. Plant “Shevchenko” has introduced a management system of turbines at nuclear power plants in India, and Russia. "Westron" put the equipment in nuclear power plants the Czech Republic, Spain, Armenia, the Republic of South Africa, Bulgaria, Sweden, the United States.

In addition to these, in Ukraine there are also many other manufacturing companies, manufactures and supplies equipment for the nuclear industry - piping and control valves, motors, pumps, compressors, fans, various actuators and valves.

In Ukraine there are scientific and manufacturing capabilities to develop nuclear energy complex. Lacks a state policy, which helped to realize the potential b of the industry, to deepen international cooperation, supports the development and implementation of innovative projects, which, in turn, will promote the stable development of national economy.