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Vessel and Channel Fast Reactors Cooled by Boiling Water or Water with Supercritical Parameters

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The possibility is examined of developing a vessel-type fast reactor cooled by water with supercritical parameters (BR-VSP) and a channel-type fast plutonium–water reactor cooled by boiling water, using the RBMK scheme, or water with supercritical parameters for burning weapons or power-production plutonium (RBMK-Pu).

A reactor with construction similar to that of an RBMK reactor but without the graphite moderator and zirconium can be used for burning plutonium. Removing the graphite masonry while retaining a 25-cm spacing in the square lattice gives a large free volume in the neutron field for holding, for example, cobalt. A neutron-physical substantiation is given for the serviceability of such a reactor with the maximum burnup of removed fuel 10% h.a. and the possibility of obtaining a negative reactivity effect in the case of water loss.

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  1. Federal State Unitary Enterprise, N. A. Dollezhal' Scientific-Research and Design Institute of Power Engineering, Russia

    B. A. Gabaraev, I. Kh. Ganev, V. K. Davydov, Yu. N. Kuznetsov, V. A. Reshetov & A. V. Smirnov

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Gabaraev, B.A., Ganev, I.K., Davydov, V.K. et al. Vessel and Channel Fast Reactors Cooled by Boiling Water or Water with Supercritical Parameters. Atomic Energy 95, 655–662 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:ATEN.0000010981.34231.78

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