Project Proryv (Breakthrough) is leading an effort to develop fast reactors with mixed uranium-plutonium nitride fuel as well as the installations and technologies of a closed nuclear fuel cycle (NFC) as a base for a new type of nuclear energy. The RTM-2 complex of computer programs, which performs combined modeling of the reactor core and NFC stages, was developed for performing complex investigation of NFC closure and optimizing the loads for the reactor installation. This article discusses the current state of the RTM-2 software complex and the development of an RTM-2-based virtual digital model for NFC closure in the context of the on-site power complex. In particular, it is within the purview of such a model to integrate with a verified and certified next-generation computational code EVKLID/V1 for modeling thermohydraulic processes in fast reactors as well as with the digital information model of the reactor core, which is a tool for processing and analyzing the controlled characteristics of the core and its components and fulfilling the nuclear and radiation safety requirements throughout the entire life cycle of the installation.
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Egorov, A.V., Rodina, E.A., Chudinova, V.A. et al. Virtual-Digital Model of NFC Closure for a Fast Reactor. At Energy 133, 1–7 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-023-00964-x
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