Recycling of uranium from spent RBMK fuel in the nuclear fuel cycle |
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Authors: | V I Volk A V Khaperskaya |
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Affiliation: | 1.Bochvar All-Russia Research Institute for Inorganic Materials (VNIINM),Moscow,Russia;2.Rosatom State Corporation,Moscow,Russia |
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Abstract: | It is shown that there is promise in using the uranium product obtained by reprocessing spent nuclear fuel from RBMK reactors
as a non-initial fuel source for thermal reactors. A technical path for spent nuclear fuel from RBMK reactors is proposed:
radiochemical reprocessing and obtaining oxides of recycled uranium. Oxides of the category RBMK-poor are packed and then
stored in a near-surface storage facility; oxides of the category RBMK-rich are fluoridated, and UF6 is fed into separation production for additional enrichment to the required content of 235U. Additional advantages of recycled RBMK uranium as a source of non-initial 235U are the low content of 232U and the relatively low activity of spent fuel, which simplifies its reprocessing. |
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