Russia expects to load the reactor core of the BN-800 fast neutron reactor at Beloyarsk-4 entirely with commercial mixed oxide uranium-plutonium (MOX) fuel in 2022, according to station director Ivan Sidorov.
In February 2021, a third of the reactor core was loaded with commercial MOX fuel in what Moscow said was a step closer to Russia’s goal of closing the fuel cycle.
In February 2021, a third of the reactor core was loaded with commercial MOX fuel in what Moscow said was a step closer to Russia’s goal of closing the fuel cycle.
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