The results of a systems study confirming on a new level the need to develop fast reactors with a closed nuclear fuel cycle and the best transition times to a closed nuclear fuel cycle are presented. The results obtained show that nuclear fuel cycle closure is a necessary step for developing large-scale nuclear power in the country. Nuclear fuel cycle closure using fast reactors with inherent safety is justified economically even now.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 111, No. 6, pp. 334–342, December, 2011.
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Muravyov, E.V. Necessity of nuclear fuel cycle closure. At Energy 111, 404–412 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-012-9511-z
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