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Advanced fuel cycles for WWER-1000 reactors

  • 1. RRC 'Kurchatov Institute', Moscow (Russian Federation)

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Main stages of Russian uranium fuel development regarding improvement of safety and economics of fuel load operation are presented. Intervals of possible changes in fuel cycle duration have been demonstrated for the use of current and perspective fuel. Examples of equilibrium fuel load patterns have been demonstrated and main core neutronics parameters have been presented. Problems on the use of axial blankets with reduced enrichment in WWER-1000 fuel assemblies are considered. Some results are presented regarding core neutronic characteristics of WWER-1000 at the use of regenerated uranium and uranium-plutonium fuel. Examples of equilibrium fuel cycles for the core partially loaded with MOX fuel from weapon-grade plutonium are also considered (Authors)

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Proceedings of the seventeenth Symposium of Atomic Energy Research, Vol. I

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Kiadja and KFKI Atomenergia Kutatointezet
Imprint Place
Budapest (Hungary)
ISBN
963-372-635-8
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the seventeenth Symposium of Atomic Energy Research, Vol. I
Imprint Pagination
592 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 11-31
Report number
INIS-SK--2008-001

Conference

Title
17. Atomic Energy Research Symposium on WWER Physics and Reactor Safety
Dates
23-29 Sep 2007
Place
Yalta, Crimea (Ukraine)

INIS

Country of Publication
Hungary
Country of Input or Organization
Slovakia
INIS RN
39050529
Subject category
S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
ENRICHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FUEL CYCLE; FUEL MANAGEMENT; URANIUM; WWER TYPE REACTORS
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; DATA; ELEMENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; INFORMATION; MANAGEMENT; METALS; NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL DATA; POWER REACTORS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

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18 refs.; 15 figs.; 4 tabs. Imprint:ISBN(13): 978-963-372-635-8; Next corporations organizations: People's Deputy, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Subcommittee on Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety of Ukraine (Ukraine); Ministry for Fuel and Energy of Ukraine (Ukraine); Mintopenergo (Ukraine); Rosenergoatom (RU); Nuclear Safety Department of South-Ukraine NPP (Ukraine); State Nuclear Regulatory Committee of Ukraine (Ukraine); Energorisk, Ltd. (Ukraine); HmNPP (Ukraine); Khmelnitskaja NPP (Ukraine); Zaporizhzhya NPP, Energodar (Ukraine); Odessa National Polytechnic University, Odessa (Ukraine); NSC Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology, Kharkov (Ukraine); Subsidiary 'Analytical Research Bureau for Nuclear Safety' (Ukraine); National nuclear power generating company 'Energoatom', Detached subdivision, Chornobyl NPP (Ukraine); JSC 'SNIIP-SYSTEMATOM' (RU); Moscow State Power-Engineering Institute, State University, Moscow (RU); Innovative company SNIIP Atom, LTD (RU); Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Institute of Nuclear Techniques, Budapest XI, Mueegyetem rkp. 9, 1111 (Hungary); Forschungszentrum Dresden- Rossendorf, Institute of Safety Research, P.O.B. 51 01 019, D-01314 Dresden (Germany)