Russia’s fuel company TVEL is developing accident tolerant fuel (ATF) for light water reactors and plans to begin testing it in late 2019, according to Kirill Komarov, first deputy general director of state nuclear corporation Rosatom. "The basis of all these developments are technological solutions in the field of materials science, related to zirconium and a variety of other materials, the alloy of which will enable the fuel to be extremely durable and resistant to any type of exposure, " he said on 18 July.

• Rosatom
• Uranium
• Nuclear fuel
• Density
• Silicon
• Silicon carbide
• Chromium

Source: NEI Magazine

Date: Monday, 23 July 2018

Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussian-accident-tolerant-fuel-to-be-tested-next-year-6261481

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