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Nuclear weapon limitation and accumulation of power plutonium put the problem of its utilization in already operating and constricting NPPs with VVER-type reactors. Elementary way of Pu-utilization in fuel cycle of VVER-reactor is direct replacement of Pu-fuel fraction by MOX fuel design not accompanied an essential change of core and regimes of its operation. It seams necessary that the optimization of both fuel elements and assembly design is needed for case of MOX fuel use. The first way of weapon plutonium introduction in VVER fuel cycle is believed to use in early stage The feature of physics of core with MOX fuel limit a fraction of MOX fuel assembly until 1/3 of core.
NATO Workshop on “Mixed Oxide Fuel (MOX) Exploitation and Destruction in Power Reactors” 16 – 19 October, 1994
Obninsk, Russia
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Levina, I.K., Saprykin, V.V., Morozov, A.G. (1995). The Safety Criteria and VVER Core Modification for Weapon Plutonium Utilization. In: Merz, E.R., Walter, C.E., Pshakin, G.M. (eds) Mixed Oxide Fuel (Mox) Exploitation and Destruction in Power Reactors. NATO ASI Series, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2288-9_9
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