Abstracts and Available Papers Presented at the 1999 International RERTR Meeting
Preparation Results for lifetime test of conversion leu fuel in
plutonium production reactors
A.Vatulin, Yu.StetskIy
State
Scientific Center
All-Russian
Scientific Research Institute of Inorganic Materials (VNIINM), Moscow
N.Kukharkin, A.Kalougin
Russian
Research Center, Kurchatov Institute, Moscow
P.Gavrilov
Sibirsky
Chemical Plant, Tomsk
A.Ivanov
Machine
- Building Plant, Electrostal
Abstract
The program of
converting Russian production reactors for the purpose to stop their plutonium
fabrication is currently in progress. The program also provides for operation
of these reactors under the conversion mode with using of low-enriched fuel
(LEU). LEU fuel elements were developed and activities related to their
preparation for reactor tests were carried out.