Techno-Economic Prognosis for the Manufacture of Fuel Assemblies with Mixed Uranium-Plutonium Fuel for the VVER-SKD Power Reactor

Techno-economic prognostications for the manufacture of fuel assemblies with mixed uranium-plutonium fuel for the VVER-SKD power reactor, which is now under development, show that at the current level of technological development of pressurized water-cooled reactors in our country and the world the...

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Published in:Atomic energy (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2022-07, Vol.132 (3), p.143-148
Main Authors: Kormilitsyn, M. V., Kormilitsyna, L. A., Pustovalov, S. B., Sedov, A. A., Simonov, S. S., Subbotin, S. A., Fomichenko, P. A., Shchepetina, T. D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assemblies
Boiling water reactors
Coal-fired power plants
Cost estimates
Economic aspects
Electric power
Electricity
Electricity distribution
Energy industry
Fuels
Hadrons
Heavy Ions
Innovations
Nuclear Chemistry
Nuclear Energy
Nuclear fuel cycle
Nuclear fuels
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear reactors
Operating costs
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Plutonium
Power reactors
Pressurized water
Pressurized water reactors
Reactor technology
Reactors
Uranium
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Summary:Techno-economic prognostications for the manufacture of fuel assemblies with mixed uranium-plutonium fuel for the VVER-SKD power reactor, which is now under development, show that at the current level of technological development of pressurized water-cooled reactors in our country and the world the share of the fuel component in the price of electricity generated by NPP with VVER-SKD will not exceed the level realized by modern VVER, PWR, and BWR reactors. Moreover, considering the higher efficiency of VVER-SKD compared to the customary VVER/PWR reactors, maintaining the share of the fuel component in the cost of electricity at the current level will give this innovative reactor technology significant competitive advantages in regional electricity markets.
ISSN:1063-4258
1573-8205
DOI:10.1007/s10512-023-00917-4