학술논문
PROSPECTS FOR THE BN-1800 SODIUM-COOLED FAST REACTOR SATISFYING 21ST CENTURY NUCLEAR POWER REQUIREMENTS
Document Type
Academic Journal
Author
Poplavskii, V. M.; Tsibulya, A. M.; Kamaev, A. A.; Bagdasarov, Yu. E.; Krivitskii, I. Yu.; Matveev, V. I.; Vasilʼev, B. A.; Budylʼskii, A. D.; Kamanin, Yu. L.; Kuzavkov, N. G.; Timofeev, A. V.; Shkarin, V. I.; Suknev, K. L.; Ershov, V. N.; Popov, S. V.; Znamenskii, S. G.; Denisov, V. V.; Karsonov, V. I.
Source
Atomic Energy. May 01, 2004 96(5):308-314
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1063-4258
Abstract
The BN-1800 power-generating unit is designed to meet the requirements of the strategy for developing atomic energy in Russia in the first half of the 21st century. The development time is the next 15 years and construction could start after 2020. The design is innovative and includes the development of key new technical solutions as compared with the BN-800 reactor which is now under construction.The new technical solutions are based on the substantial positive experience in operating fast reactors in Russia (∼125 reactor·years), specifically the BN-600 reactor. The innovations make it possible not only to solve strategic problems, such as increasing safety, improving ecology (including by burning actinides), and nonproliferation but also to make large improvements in economic performance.