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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• GRATCHYOV, A. F.
• SKIBA, O. V.
• TSYKANOV, V. A.
• IVANOV, V. B.
• MAYORSHIN, A. A.
• BYCHKOV, A. V.
• KISLY, V. A.
• SHISHALOV, O. V.
• OSSIPENKO, A. G.
• KRUKOV, F. N.
• NOVOSYOLOV, A. E.
• SMIRNOV, V. P.
• DVORETSKY, V. G.
• OSHKANOV, N. N.
• MALTSEV, V. V.
• VASILYEV, B. A.
• ASAGA, T.
• ISHII, T.
• MAEDA, K.

Titel

Demonstration Experiment of 3 BN-600 MOX Vibropac FAs Irradiation for the Excess Weapons Plutonium Disposal

Ist Teil von

• Journal of nuclear science and technology, 2007-03, Vol.44 (3), p.504-510

Ort / Verlag

Taylor & Francis Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2007

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The paper presents results of a demonstration experiment on conversion of 50 kg of weapon-grade plutonium in the form of metal ingots into granulated MOX-fuel to be used for manufacturing fuel pins and 3 fuel assemblies (FAs) for the fast power-generating reactor BN-600, irradiation parameters of these FAs and the data from post-irradiation examinations. It can be concluded from the PIE results that the 3FAs were successfully irradiated in BN-600 without any fuel pin failures. Therefore, disposition of weapongrade plutonium with a weight of about 20 kg was successfully done. This represents the first disposition of Russian surplus weapon-grade plutonium as an international cooperation (this experiment was performed in collaboration between RIAR and JNC). The possibility of using MOX vipac fuel as a method for weapon plutonium disposition is clearly shown.