Construction of the Plant RT-2 as a way for solving the problem of VVER-1000 spent fuel management in Russia

Journal Article · Fri Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1993 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

OSTI ID:151255

Lazarev, L N; Lyubtsev, R I ^[1]; Egorov, N N ^[2]; Lebedev, V A; Revenko, Y A; Fedosov, Y G ^[3]; Dubrovskii, V M

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1. V.G. Khlopin Radium Institute, St. Petersburg (Russian Federation)
2. Russian Ministry of Nuclear Power, Moscow (Russian Federation)
3. Mining-Chemical Works, Krasnoyarsk (Russian Federation)

Nuclear power in the Russian Federation in the future will be based on the VVER-1000 and it`s modifications. To manage the spent fuels from this plant, the Plant RT-2 was designed to process the spent fuel. Plant construction was started in 1984 and stopped in 1989 due to economic difficulties. The necessity of the continuation of the plant is discussed.

• OSTI ID: 151255
• Report Number(s): CONF-920957-; ISSN 0003-018X; TRN: 96:004560
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 67, Issue Suppl.1; Conference: 3. annual Nuclear Society International (NSI) meeting: nuclear technology tomorrow, St. Petersburg (Russian Federation), 14-18 Sep 1992; Other Information: PBD: 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS
CONSTRUCTION
FUEL MANAGEMENT
NUCLEAR POWER
SPENT FUELS
PLUTONIUM
URANIUM