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Conference Article: Status of sodium cooled fast reactor development in the Russian Federation

Buksha, Yu. (Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Obninsk (Russian Federation))

Abstract

Considerable experience has been gained with the commercial fast reactor BN-600 in Russia. The present paper presents some performance results and gives an overview of the experience gained from the BN-600 reactor operation and maintenance in 1994. The status of R&D is stated in this paper. Special attention is given to plutonium and minor actinide burning.

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key words: actinides; beloyarsk-3 reactor; historical aspects; lmfbr type reactors; plutonium; reactor maintenance; reactor operation; research programs; reviews; russian federation; sodium; transmutation
Reference:
28. meeting of the International Working Group on Fast Reactors. Vienna (Austria). 9-11 May 1995
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
IAEA-TECDOC--876, pp:186-207