Investigations of Mixed Uranium-Plutonium Nitride Fuel in Project Breakthrough

A. F. Grachev; L. M. Zabud’ko; A. E. Glushenkov; Yu. A. Ivanov; G. A. Kireev; M. V. Skupov; I. F. Gil’mutdinov; P. I. Grin’; E. A. Zvir; F. N. Kryukov; O. N. Nikitin

doi:10.1007/s10512-017-0254-8

Investigations of Mixed Uranium-Plutonium Nitride Fuel in Project Breakthrough

Authors: Grachev A.F.¹, Zabud’ko L.M.¹, Glushenkov A.E.², Ivanov Y.A.², Kireev G.A.², Skupov M.V.², Gil’mutdinov I.F.³, Grin’ P.I.³, Zvir E.A.³, Kryukov F.N.³, Nikitin O.N.³
Affiliations:
1. Innovation-Technology Center for Project Breakthrough (ITTsP Proryv)
2. Bochvar High-Technology Research Institute for Inorganic Materials (VNIINM)
3. State Science Center – Research Institute for Atomic Reactors (GNTs NIIAR)
Issue: Vol 122, No 3 (2017)
Pages: 185-199
Section: Article
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-4258/article/view/248443
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-017-0254-8
ID: 248443

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Mixed uranium-plutonium nitride fuel is seen as a promising fuel for fast reactors with a closed fuel cycle. A complex program of computational and experimental validation of this fuel up to 2020 has been developed within the scope of Project Breakthrough. Pre-reactor and post-reactor studies of mixed uranium-plutonium nitride fuel are part of this program. The basic research results obtained by the end of 2016 are examined.