world-nuclear-news14 小时
BREST-OD-300 fuel fabrication facility begins pilot operation
The unit for fabrication/refabrication of nuclear fuel for the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast neutron reactor has been put ...
Nuclear Engineering International1 天
Russia’s Brest reactor fuel plant begins pilot operation
The fuel plant intended to support the Brest-OD-300 lead-cooled fast reactor is part of the IV generation Experimental ...
C&EN6 年
Plutonium-238 Production for Space Exploration
Beginning in the late 1950s, the U.S. met this challenge by developing nuclear batteries known as radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) and producing plutonium-238 (Pu-238) as their fuel, ...
Rosatom Starts Implementing A Fourth-Generation Nuclear Power Complex
A unique technology for the fabrication of uranium-plutonium nitride fuel was developed in Russia by Rosatom scientists. The trial assemblies with experimental MNUP fuel elements were successfully ...
world-nuclear-news2 个月
Final cycle of REMIX nuclear fuel trial under way
The aim is to be able to close the fuel cycle for VVER reactors. (Image: Rosatom) Instead of standard enriched natural uranium, the REMIX fuel assemblies contain pellets of a mixture of enriched ...
BBC6 年
US nuclear materials stolen last year are still missing
Science Photo Library A pellet of plutonium, illuminated by its own radioactive glow The rare material is highly toxic and carcinogenic, and it only takes seven pounds of plutonium to make a ...
Interfax9 天
Russia's Rosatom launches first phase of Proryv project
SEVERSK. Dec 25 (Interfax) - Rosatom began pilot industrial operation on Wednesday of the fabrication/refabrication fuel module (FRM) for the BREST-300 fast neutron reactor, which is currently under ...