New Type OF Nuclear Fuel For Powerplants Produced In The South Urals

27.02.2010 — News

THE CHELYABINSK OBLAST.

Preparation work is beginning at the production facility "Mayak" for the establishment of a new production complex. It will be supplying Russian nuclear powerplants with the high-density mixed nitride fuel for fast neutron reactors.

Information centre of "Mayak" told RusBusinessNews that the start up of the complex is planned for 2018. The initial capacity will amount to 14 tons of fuel annually. In the future the capacity may increase to 40 tons. The estimated cost of the project is 9 billion roubles.

The establishment of the high density fuel production facility is a part of the strategy for the development of Russian nuclear power engineering with the new generation fast neutron reactors. One of these is the power generating unit BN-800 which is being constructed at the Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Station in the Sverdlovsk Oblast.

Feeding the active zones of the reactor with high-density fuel will enable to increase the efficiency of its utilisation, improve operational safety indicators, and reduce the amounts of radioactive waste.