REMIX - FUEL FOR A NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE

The invention relates to the field of nuclear technologies, in particular to an oxide-based uranium-plutonium nuclear fuel for an atomic power station with thermal neutron reactors. The technical result of the invention is the development of a REMIX-type fuel composition formulation making it possib...

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Hauptverfasser: GAVRILOV, Petr Mikhailovich, KHAPERSKAYA, Anzhelika Viktorovna, KRYUKOV, Oleg Vasilyevich, SEMCHENKOV, Yury Mikhailovich, DUDUKIN, Vyacheslav Anatolyevich, PAVLOVICHEV, Aleksandr Mikhailovich, ZILBERMAN, Boris Yakovlevich, IVANOV, Konstantin Vladimirovich, FYODOROV, Yury Stepanovich, APALKOV, Gleb Alexeyevich
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The invention relates to the field of nuclear technologies, in particular to an oxide-based uranium-plutonium nuclear fuel for an atomic power station with thermal neutron reactors. The technical result of the invention is the development of a REMIX-type fuel composition formulation making it possible, in the nuclear fuel cycle, to involve fissile nuclear materials regenerated from spent nuclear fuel with the simultaneous use of enriched natural uranium, and also moreover providing a solution to the problems of separately using previously isolated plutonium (including weapons-grade plutonium), of reducing the quantity of spent nuclear fuel by recycling fissile materials from spent nuclear fuel during the lifespan of a nuclear reactor (up to 5 recyclings), of economizing on natural uranium for manufacturing fuel and, as a result, of making the nuclear fuel cycle self-sustainable. The invention makes it possible to use REMIX fuel for solving an entire range of problems which a closed nuclear fuel cycle may face, taking into account the number of reactors, availability of natural uranium and the amount of stored spent nuclear fuel.