Russia Testing New-Generation Nuclear Fuel: State Nuclear Research Institute

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RIA Novosti, PUBLISHED 08.10.2014

Russian nuclear experts are currently testing a new nuclear fuel, which could become a gateway to new-generation nuclear power technologies, Evgeny Adamov, scientific leader at the NIKIET government research institute said Tuesday.

"The first kilogram [about 2 pounds] of dense fuel has been processed using a pyrochemical method," Adamov said, speaking at the "Innovative Projects And Nuclear Energy Technology" international conference.

"We look forward to the results [of the experiment]," Adamov added, noting that140 fuel rods with dense fuel will be tested next.

The new nuclear fuel is being developed within the framework of a major innovative project, "Proryv" or "Breakthrough" launched by Russia's state-run nuclear corporation Rosatom at the Siberian Chemical Combine site in Seversk, in Russia's Tomsk Region.

The project involves the construction of a pilot energy complex, complete with the Brest-300 experimental lead-cooled nuclear reactor and a near-station manufacturing facility for dense nitride uranium-plutonium fuel.

Rosatom plans to put the BREST-300 reactor into operation by 2020.

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