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Analysis of fuel cycle scenarios for a two-unit SCWR NPP

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According to the analysis of the nuclear fuel cycle (NFC) for a two-unit NPP, based on supercritical water-cooled reactors (SCWRs), the priority option for three aggregated criteria includes the start-up of the reactor using mixed uranium-plutonium oxide fuel and processing of spent fuel assemblies (FAs) after 7 years of internal storage. The backup option involves the operation of the reactor using uranium oxide fuel for 10 years followed by a phased transition to full core loading with mixed uranium-plutonium oxide fuel. The results of the performed analysis can be used to enhance the efficiency of design solutions for SCWR NPPs, as well as to assess the NFCs of a two-component nuclear power system with SCWR NPPs, including uranium-plutonium and thorium-uranium NFCs and/or their combinations.

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The work was carried out with the financial support of SC Concern Rosenergoatom.

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    M. V. Kormilitsyn, L. A. Kormilitsyna, Ya. A. Kotov, V. A. Nevinitsa, S. B. Pustovalov, A. A. Sedov, S. S. Simonov, S. A. Subbotin & P. A. Fomichenko

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Translated from Atomnaya Energiya, Vol. 134, No. 1–2, pp. 23–29, January–February, 2023.

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Kormilitsyn, M.V., Kormilitsyna, L.A., Kotov, Y.A. et al. Analysis of fuel cycle scenarios for a two-unit SCWR NPP. At Energy 134, 27–33 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-023-01022-2

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