Russian breakthrough

摘要

ON 8 JUNE, THE RUSSIAN State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom began construction of the Generation 4 BREST-OD-300 reactor. Located at the Siberian Chemical Combine (an enterprise of the Rosatom fuel division TVEL), it will become the centre of the pilot demonstration energy complex (PDEC), which is part of the Proryv ('Breakthrough) Project.The complex will address several long-standing issues facing the nuclear industry. It will demonstrate that by using 'natural safety' technologies accidents like those at Chernobyl and Fukushima can be entirely avoided. It will also address key raw material and environmental problems. The technologies tested at PDEC will form the basis for industrial energy complexes with fast reactors operating in a closed nuclear fuel cycle.