Uranium & Fuel

Beloyarsk-4 / For First Time, Russian BN-800 Fast Reactor Is Fully Loaded With MOX Fuel

By David Dalton
9 September 2022

Closing nuclear fuel cycle is ‘long-anticipated milestone’ for Moscow’s nuclear industry
For First Time, Russian BN-800 Fast Reactor Is Fully Loaded With MOX Fuel
The core of the Beloyarsk-4 BN-800 fast neutron reactor has been fully loaded for the first time with commercial MOX fuel. Courtesy Tvel.
The BN-800 fast neutron reactor at the Beloyarsk nuclear power station near Yekaterinburg in central Russia has been reconnected to the grid after a scheduled outage with the core fully loaded for the firt time with commercial mixed oxide uranium-plutonium (MOX) fuel.

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