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The AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic Materials (VNIINM), a subsidiary of Russian nuclear fuel manufacturer TVEL, has successfully developed the technology and manufactured experimental fuel pellets from uranium disilicide for light water reactors. The move is part of a programme for the development of so-called accident-tolerant fuel (ATF).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 04 February 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/TVEL-develops-accident-tolerant-fuel-pellets
Russian fuel company TVEL plans to reach an agreement with the nuclear utility Rosenergoatom to irradiate reactor testing of accident-tolerant fuel (ATF) elements in a VVER-1000 reactor in the near future, TVEL Vice-President for Scientific and Technical Activities Alexander Ugryumov said on 27 September. He did not specify which version of the tolerant fuel is expected to be tested. Earlier TVEL listed four types of ATF being developed by Russian scientists including new fuel rod claddings and new fuel matrices. One option is the application of a heat-resistant coating based on chromium for fuel rod claddings to reduce the amount of hydrogen that could be generated in the event of a severe accident. This is the most advanced version which is now undergoing reactor tests at the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR) in Dimitrovgrad.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 02 October 2018
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnew-developments-at-russias-tvel-6779751
Over the first half of year Russia's Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) in Seversk produced isotopes worth more than RUB10m ($159,190).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 11 August 2015
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussia-develops-its-isotope-production-4644612