Uranium & Fuel

Russia / Final Cycle Of Test Operation Begins For Remix Uranium-Plutonium Fuel

By Kamen Kraev
3 December 2024

Pilot use is part of Moscow’s efforts to close nuclear fuel cycle

Final Cycle Of Test Operation Begins For Remix Uranium-Plutonium Fuel
Six Remix fuel assemblies will be reloaded into the Balakovo-1 reactor core for pilot operation to continue. Image courtesy Rosatom/Balakovo NPP.
Russia has entered the third 18-month cycle of pilot commercial operation for its novel uranium-plutonium Remix fuel at Unit 1 of the Balakovo nuclear power station, state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom said.

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