Development of technology and equipment for mox fuel production: provision of production safety

摘要

Transition to the closed nuclear fuel cycle, which is envisioned by the Russian nuclear industry for 2010, presumes the use of a fuel comprised of uranium and plutonium oxide (MOX) in reactors based on heat and fast neutrons. This approach seems sensible both from the perspective of the use of resources (the use of regenerated or weapons plutonium will reduce the consumption of natural uranium) and from the ecological perspective in the form of reduced high-level waste.