Search Results for VVR reactorstag:fissilematerials.org,2024:/cgi-bin/mt//feed/VVR reactors2024-03-29T05:48:26ZMovable Type 6.3.642142BN-800 reactor is fully loaded with MOX fueltag:fissilematerials.org,2022:/blog//3.11392022-09-09T18:48:13Z2022-09-27T18:49:27ZAdmin
On 9 September 2022 the BN-800 fast-neutron reactor at the Beloyarsk NPP began operations with its core fully loaded with MOX fuel. The reactor, first connected to the grid in 2015, began operations with a core with HEU and some...
BN-800 reactor to fully transition to MOX fuel in 2022tag:fissilematerials.org,2020:/blog//13.33872020-06-09T10:17:24Z2021-08-31T14:50:20ZAdmin
The BN-800 fast-neutron reactor at the Beloyarsk power plant will be fully converted to MOX fuel by 2022. The transition will start in the first half of 2021, when MOX fuel will be in about a third of the active...
Russia uses civilian reactor-grade plutonium to produce MOX fuel for BN-800tag:fissilematerials.org,2019:/blog//13.33492019-08-29T09:05:53Z2021-08-31T14:50:18ZAdmin
The Mining and Chemical Combine in Zheleznogorsk began serial production of MOX fuel for the BN-800 fast-neutron reactor. The first batch of 18 MOX fuel assemblies was sent to BN-800 on 16 August 2019. It is now stored at the...
All HEU removed from the VVR-K reactor in Kazakhstantag:fissilematerials.org,2017:/blog//13.32432017-09-19T22:06:08Z2021-08-31T14:50:12ZAdmin
U.S. National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) in cooperation with the Institute of Nuclear Physics in Kazakhstan, the IAEA, and Russia has successfully completed removal of all HEU from the VVR-K reactor located at the Institute of Nuclear Physics in Alatau,...
Production of medical isotopes in Russiatag:fissilematerials.org,2017:/blog//13.32382017-09-07T09:37:13Z2021-08-31T14:50:12ZAdmin
The VNIIEF Research Center in Sarov, one of Russia's nuclear weapon laboratories, is planning to open production of medical isotopes on an Argus-M reactor, which is a modified version of the Argus aqueous homogeneous reactor at the Kurchatov Institute. That...
Russia prepares to accept spent fuel of Kazakhstan's VVR-K reactortag:fissilematerials.org,2016:/blog//13.31852016-09-29T13:27:46Z2021-08-31T14:50:09ZAdmin
On September 19, 2016 the town of Ozersk, Russia, which is the home of the Mayak Plant, held public hearings on the planned shipment of spent fuel of VVR-K reactor from Kazakhstan. The hearings, covered in a news story by...
Kazakhstan completed conversion of VVR-K reactortag:fissilematerials.org,2016:/new/blog//13.30932016-04-01T09:05:34Z2021-08-31T14:50:07ZAdmin
Kazakhstan and the United States announced in a joint statement that Kazakhstan successfully completed conversion of the VVR-K research reactor, operated by the Institute of Nuclear Physics, in Alatau, near Almaty. The HEU associated with the reactor has been eliminated...
Russian BN-800 fast breeder reactor connected to gridtag:fissilematerials.org,2015:/new/blog//13.30742015-12-15T13:31:46Z2021-08-31T14:50:06ZAdmin
Shaun Burnie (with Mycle Schneider) Thirty-one years after construction start, the BN-800 Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR) at Zarechnyy, in the Sverdlovsk region of Russia, was connected to the grid on December 10, 2015 at 21:21 (19:21 MSK). In the beginning...
Russia launches commercial MOX fuel fabrication facilitytag:fissilematerials.org,2015:/new/blog//13.30672015-09-28T20:33:58Z2021-08-31T14:50:05ZAdmin
On 28 September 2015 Russia formally launched a commercial MOX fuel fabrication facility at the Mining and Chemical Combine (MCC) in Zheleznogorsk. The production line will fabricate MOX fuel for the BN-800 reactor at the Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Station. The...
Kazakhstan removes spent fuel of VVR-K reactor, commits to eliminate HEUtag:fissilematerials.org,2015:/new/blog//13.30242015-01-08T10:20:19Z2021-08-31T14:50:02ZAdmin
The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration announced removal of 36 kg of spent HEU fuel of a research reactor at the Institute of Nuclear Physics, in Alatau, near Almaty. The fuel was transferred in two air shipments to "a secure...
Fresh fuel of VVR-K critical assembly removed from Kazakhstantag:fissilematerials.org,2014:/new/blog//13.30072014-09-29T11:23:36Z2021-08-31T14:50:00ZAdmin
According to an IAEA report, on 29 September 2014 Kazakhstan removed fresh HEU fuel of the VVR-K critical assembly to Russia. The shipment included 10.2 kg of uranium. The fuel was transported by air and appears to have been taken...
Russian BN-800 breeder has reached criticalitytag:fissilematerials.org,2014:/new/blog//13.29882014-06-27T09:32:52Z2021-08-31T14:49:59ZAdmin
The BN-800 fast neutron reactor reached criticality. The reactor is built at the Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant in Zarechny, Russia. The reactor is expected to achieve full power in 2015. It currently operates with a mixed core - about...
BN-800 fast reactor to reach criticality in April 2014tag:fissilematerials.org,2013:/new/blog//13.29572013-12-26T13:14:00Z2022-03-13T16:24:22ZAdmin
Rosatom expects to begin loading fuel assemblies in the BN-800 fast neutron reactor at the end of December 2013- early January 2014, according to a representative of Rosenergoatom. The reactor is expected to reach criticality in April 2014. The current...
All HEU removed from Hungarytag:fissilematerials.org,2013:/new/blog//13.29492013-11-04T21:21:54Z2021-08-31T14:49:57ZAdmin
The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that it completed removal of all highly-enriched uranium from Hungary. The operation was a cooperative project that also involved Hungary, Russia, and IAEA. According to NNSA, "The final 49.2 kilograms of remaining HEU...
Spent HEU fuel removed from Uzbekistantag:fissilematerials.org,2012:/new/blog//13.28992012-11-01T22:16:40Z2021-08-31T14:49:54ZAdmin
U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration announced the "successful removal of 72.8 kg of HEU spent fuel from the Institute of Nuclear Physics in Tashkent, Uzbekistan." The fuel was transported to Russia by air. NNSA reported that it was the seventh...
Kazakhstan begins tests of LEU fuel for VVR-K reactortag:fissilematerials.org,2012:/new/blog//13.28902012-09-11T14:24:34Z2022-03-13T16:24:22ZAdmin
The Institute of Nuclear Physics in Almaty, Kazakhstan began tests of LEU fuel for its VVR-K reactor. The fuel, VVR-KN, was developed with Russia's assistance at the NPO Luch. According to the director of the Institute of Nuclear Physics, the...
Russia is set to produce new highly-enriched uraniumtag:fissilematerials.org,2012:/new/blog//13.28652012-06-01T16:45:59Z2021-08-31T14:49:52ZAdmin
Rosatom's TVEL company announced the plan to open production of highly-enriched uranium at the Electrochemical Plant in Zelenogorsk. The head of the company, Yuri Olenin, was quoted as saying that "the need to produce HEU is linked to a number...
China delays purchase of Russian fast neutron reactorstag:fissilematerials.org,2012:/new/blog//13.28632012-05-18T15:45:49Z2022-03-13T16:24:21ZAdmin
A representative of the China Institute of Atomic Energy was quoted as saying that China will postpone purchase of Russian BN-800 fast neutron reactors because of the disagreement over the price of the technology transfer and some "political reasons." The...
Russia to take spent fuel of Uzbekistan's research reactorstag:fissilematerials.org,2012:/new/blog//13.28622012-05-16T13:03:14Z2016-07-29T11:45:56ZAdmin
Russia and Uzbekistan signed an intergovernmental agreement that will allow Russia to take back spent HEU fuel of Uzbekistan's research reactors. Russia will also supply Uzbekistan with LEU fuel. Uzbekistan operates a VVR-SM research reactor, located at the Institute of...
Russia develops LEU fuel for VVR-K reactor in Kazakhstantag:fissilematerials.org,2012:/new/blog//13.28562012-04-24T16:02:05Z2022-03-13T16:24:21ZAdmin
Russia reportedly completed development of LEU fuel for the VVR-K research reactor at the Institute of Nuclear Physics in Almaty. According to the report, the new fuel, VVR-KN, will allow to fully preserve operational parameters of the reactor. Reactor test...
Vietnam to return spent fuel of research reactor in Dalat to Russiatag:fissilematerials.org,2012:/new/blog//13.28462012-03-17T00:26:39Z2016-07-29T11:45:55ZAdmin
On March 16, 2012 Russia and Vietnam signed an intergovernmental agreement to return HEU spent fuel of the Dalat Nuclear Research Reactor (DNRR) to Russia. The reactor, operated by the Nuclear Research Institute in Dalat, is a modification of a...
Congress urged to restrict Russian medical isotopes produced with HEUtag:fissilematerials.org,2012:/new/blog//13.28382012-01-19T18:45:17Z2022-03-13T16:24:21ZAdmin
A group of U.S. experts urged Congress to restrict use of medical isotopes produced in Russia using highly-enriched uranium. In a letter to key legislators, that was published by the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project of the University of Texas at...
Kazakhstan eliminates 33 kg of fresh HEU fueltag:fissilematerials.org,2011:/new/blog//13.28242011-10-12T22:05:04Z2022-03-13T16:24:20ZAdmin
U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration assisted Kazakhstan in eliminating 33 kg of fresh HEU fuel of a research reactor of the Institute of Nuclear Physics in Almaty. According to the NNSA press-release, the material was sent to the Ulba Metallurgical...
Russia begins shipments of Mo-99 to Irantag:fissilematerials.org,2011:/new/blog//13.27922011-05-10T20:18:25Z2022-03-13T16:24:19ZAdmin
Russian site AtomInfo.ru reports that Russia began regular shipments of molybdenum-99 to Iran in April. The isotope for Iran is produced by the Obninsk branch of the Karpov Scientific Research Institute of Physical Chemistry (NIFKhI), which also produces Mo-99 for...
Fresh HEU fuel removed from Ukrainetag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.27592010-12-30T08:55:20Z2022-03-13T16:24:18ZAdmin
The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration announced that it has removed 50 kg of fresh HEU fuel from Ukraine. By transferring the fuel, Ukraine is fulfilling its commitment to remove all HEU that it made at the Nuclear Security Summit...
Spent fuel of Rossendorf research reactor to be shipped to Russiatag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.27382010-11-08T17:47:51Z2022-03-13T16:24:17ZAdmin
Germany's nuclear regulator, Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), gave its approval to a shipment of spent fuel of the research reactor in Rossendorf, East Germany, to Russia. The shipment will include 951 irradiated fuel assemblies that contain 349 kg...
Failure of a research reactor in Egypt reportedtag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.26912010-09-07T19:14:33Z2016-07-29T11:45:44ZAdmin
A representative of the Egyptian Nuclear Organization told a national newspaper that one of the research reactors at the Nuclear Research Center at Inshas suffered a failure and was shut down in April 2010, after a cooling pump broke.The reactor...
Rosatom set to manufacture MOX fuel at Zheleznogorsktag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.27062010-08-30T10:00:05Z2022-03-13T16:24:15ZAdmin
Rosatom officially designated the Mining and Chemical Combine at Zheleznogorsk as the site for the future MOX fuel production facility, which will manufacture fuel for BN-800 reactor. This process may involve weapon-grade plutonium that Russia committed for disposition as part...
Spent HEU fuel removed from a research reactor in Kievtag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.26782010-06-06T12:31:56Z2022-03-13T16:24:14ZAdmin
In May 2010 the Nuclear Research Institute in Kiev, Ukraine shipped spent HEU fuel of its VVR-M reactor to Russia, according to an AtomInfo.ru report. According to the report, which quotes an official from the institute, it was the first...
Obninsk institute produces Mo-99 for Polandtag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.27222010-05-23T12:00:45Z2016-07-29T11:45:46ZAdmin
The Obninsk branch of the Karpov Scientific Research Institute of Physical Chemistry (NIFKhI) supplied its first batch of Mo-99 to Poland on May 15, 2010, according to an AtomInfo.ru report. The Obninsk branch of NIFKhI operates a VVR-ts research reactor, which...
Russia's commitment to remove research reactor fuel in 2010tag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.26652010-04-14T12:38:09Z2022-03-13T16:24:14ZAdmin
As part of its commitment made at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, Russia pledged to remove fresh fuel of research reactors from three countries - Ukraine, Belarus, and Czech Republic, and spent research reactor fuel from five countries -...
U.S. and Russia to finalize plutonium disposition agreementtag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.26622010-04-09T17:53:56Z2022-03-13T16:24:13ZAdmin
The United States and Russia reportedly will sign an agreement that will finalize the 2000 Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement (PMDA). Although the deal has been described as a "breakthrough", it appears to confirm the agreement reached in November 2007 that...
Ukraine pledged to remove all HEU by 2012tag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.26632010-04-06T22:20:37Z2016-07-29T11:45:42ZAdmin
National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine at its meeting on April 6, 2010 approved a decision to remove all HEU from Ukraine. This decision was made in advance of the visit of the President of Ukraine to the Nuclear...
U.S. contribution to Russia's plutonium disposition programtag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.26362010-02-05T11:25:20Z2022-03-13T16:24:12ZAdmin
The United States confirms its commitment to support Russia's plutonium disposition program. According to the 2000 U.S.-Russian Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement (local pdf), Russia and the United State made a commitment to dispose of at least 34 tonnes of weapon-grade...
BN-800 expected to begin operations in 2014tag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.26172010-01-21T11:47:25Z2022-03-13T16:24:12ZAdmin
According to Rosatom, the BN-800 fast reactor that is being built at the Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant, will begin producing electricity in 2014. Rosatom claims that the reactor will be ready for operations as early as 2012, but it could...
NNSA announces conversion of research reactorstag:fissilematerials.org,2009:/new/blog//13.26052009-09-15T23:08:30Z2016-07-29T11:45:36ZAdmin
NNSA made public the conversion of the General Atomics' TRIGA reactor in California, Bulgaria's IRT-2000 in Sofia, and the Budapest Research Reactor (BRR) in Hungary. In 2009, GTRI has also confirmed removal of 18kg of fuel from the BRR....
Spent HEU fuel removed from Romania by airtag:fissilematerials.org,2009:/new/blog//13.25832009-07-01T01:18:54Z2022-03-13T16:24:12ZAdmin
On June 29, 2009, NNSA, Rosatom, and a Romanian organization, working together with IAEA removed 23.7 kg of spent HEU fuel from the VVR-S research reactor on Magurele, Romania. It was the first time spent fuel was transported by air....
VVR-M reactor in Ukraine received LEU fueltag:fissilematerials.org,2009:/new/blog//13.25872009-05-22T19:50:01Z2016-07-29T11:45:35ZAdmin
Kiev Institute of Nuclear Research (Ukraine) received LEU fuel (19.75%) for its VVR-M research reactor. Previously, the reactor used 36% HEU fuel. The reactor was shutdown for refueling in 2008. The conversion has been financed by the United States. The...
Russia prepares to bring spent fuel from Hungarytag:fissilematerials.org,2008:/new/blog//13.25342008-09-08T18:59:43Z2022-03-13T16:24:11ZAdmin
Bellona reports that Rostechnadzor announced today its approval of a spent fuel shipment from Hungary. Spent fuel of the VVR-SZM research reactor in Budapest is expected to be brought to Russia later this year. It is not clear if the...
Fuel from reactor in Hungary will be removed this yeartag:fissilematerials.org,2008:/new/blog//13.25102008-07-16T16:36:55Z2016-07-29T11:45:31ZAdmin
According a NNSA representative, NNSA is planning to remove HEU fuel from the research reactor in Hungary in FY 2008. The reactor in question is apparently the VVR-SZM in Budapest. It is likely that fresh fuel will be removed first,...
Mayak wants to build a MOX fabrication planttag:fissilematerials.org,2008:/new/blog//13.25122008-07-01T01:30:25Z2016-07-29T11:45:31ZAdmin
PO Mayak wants to build a MOX fuel fabrication facility that would provide fuel for the BN-800 reactor. Although Rosatom has not approved the idea yet, Mayak already came up with an estimate - the facility that would produce about...
U.S.-Russian agreement on plutonium disposaltag:fissilematerials.org,2007:/new/blog//13.25312007-11-19T09:14:32Z2016-07-29T11:45:32ZAdmin
DoE and Rosatom signed an agreement that outlined the framework of the plutonium disposal program in Russia. According to the agreement, Russia would get to use the plutonium in fast reactors. It "would begin disposition in the BN-600 reactor in...