NEW FUEL CYCLE STRATEGIES FOR VVER-440

Gagarinskiy А.А., Ivanova E.G., Lizorkin M.P., Proselkov V.N., NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia

24th Symposium of AER on VVER Reactor Physics and Reactor Safety (2014, Sochi, Russia)
Fuel management issues

Abstract

NEW FUEL CYCLE STRATEGIES FOR VVER-440
Gagarinski A.A., Ivanova E.G., Lizorkin M.P., Proselkov V.N. NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
ABSTRACT
Wide implementation of second-generation VVER-440 (V-213) reactors is characteristic for the contemporary phase of development of medium water-water reactors, which are in operation at NPPs such as Loviisa (Finland), Paks (Hungary), Dukovany (Czech Republic), Mochovce and Bohunice (Slovakia), Rovno (Ukraine), Kola (Russia) and Metsamor (Armenia). Two new VVER-440 units (3 and 4) will be launched at the Mochovce NPP in 20152016. So the improvement of fuel and fuel cycles for VVER-440 is an important task today.
Contemporary fuel cycle strategies for VVER-440 are different compared to those used in 20002010.
The basic features of the contemporary VVER-440 fueling strategy are:

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