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New Technology and Hardware for Reprocessing Spent Nuclear Fuel from Thermal Reactors

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New and modified technological and hardware solutions for reprocessing spent nuclear fuel from thermal reactors are described. The solutions developed form the foundation for a new technological scheme for reprocessing, termed the EKSKhROM-process. Verification data on the reprocessing of spent VVER-1000 fuel are presented and the characteristics of the products of reprocessing are presented. It is shown that the uranium and plutonium products are suitable for recycling in a closed nuclear fuel cycle.

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  1. Bochvar All-Russia Research Institute for Inorganic Materials (VNIINM), Moscow, Russia

    V. I. Volk, S. N. Veselov, K. N. Dvoeglazov & L. V. Arseenkov

  2. Mining and Chemical Combine, Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarskii Krai, Russia

    P. M. Gavrilov & S. I. Smirnov

  3. Federal Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety, Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarskii Krai, Russia

    V. N. Alekseenko

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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 119, No. 5, pp. 275–279, November, 2015.

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Volk, V.I., Veselov, S.N., Dvoeglazov, K.N. et al. New Technology and Hardware for Reprocessing Spent Nuclear Fuel from Thermal Reactors. At Energy 119, 339–343 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-016-0069-z

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