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PREPARATION AND REMOVAL FOR REPROCESSING OF SPENT VVR-2 AND OR NUCLEAR FUEL FROM THE RUSSIAN SCIENCE CENTER
V. V. VOLKOV, A. G. Volkovich, A. S. Danilovich, A. A. Drozdov, A. Zverkov, Vladislav Pavlovich Evstigneev, V. D. Muzrukova, Victor N. Potapov, Vladimir Igorevich Romanov, Sergey G. Semenov, A. D. Shisha
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Abstract
The details of the preparation and removal of spent nuclear fuel from the Institute’s VVR-2 and OR research reactors for chemical reprocessing are presented. The spent fuel is represented by fuel assemblies which have different shapes and contain EK-10 fuel elements with similar construction and UO 2 ‐Mg 10% enrichment kernels or S-36 fuel elements with U‐Al alloy kernels with 36% enrichment. The storage conditions for the spent fuel are described. The details of the procedures developed to identify fuel assemblies by type of fuel elements are presented. The choice of the TUK-19 shipment container for loading and transporting spent fuel for reprocessing is validated. The details of the loading of spent fuel assemblies into TUK-19 are described; these operations are performed by workers under a protective layer of water in a handling room specially designed for such purposes.