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The results of investigations of fuel burnup increase in VVER are presented. The influence of the costs of different technological stages, changes in the number of refuelings and run time, fuel enrichment and waste, and the consumption of natural uranium on increasing burnup is examined. An analysis taking account of the uncertainty of future prices is performed. The price for natural uranium up to 2020 is estimated using a model. The results presented in this article show that the cost reduction in the fuel component with an increase of VVER fuel burnup in an open fuel cycle can be 6%.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 104, No. 3, pp. 137–141, March, 2008.
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Andrianova, E.A., Tsibul’skii, V.F. Increasing fuel burnup in VVER. At Energy 104, 178–181 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-008-9013-1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-008-9013-1