The concept of nuclear incineration of VVER spent fuel in a transmuter with liquid fuel

The principal drawbacks of any kind of solid nuclear fuel are listed and briefly analysed in the first part of the paper. One of the primary results of the analyses performed shows that the solid fuel concept, which was to a certain degree advantageous in the first periods of nuclear reactors development and operation, has lead this branch of the utilisation of atomic nuclear energy to a death end (not having been able to solve the principal problems of the corresponding fuel cycle in an acceptable way). On the basis of this, the liquid fuel concept and its benefits are introduced and briefly described in the following part of the paper allowing to develop new reactor systems for nuclear incineration of spent fuel from conventional reactors and a new clean source of energy. (author)