Kiev Institute of Nuclear Research (Ukraine) received LEU fuel (19.75%) for its VVR-M research reactor. Previously, the reactor used 36% HEU fuel. The reactor was shutdown for refueling in 2008. The conversion has been financed by the United States. The cost of the 33 fuel assemblies is estimated to be $900,000. The reactor is expected to begin operations in the third quarter of 2009 and then to operate until at least 2014.
VVR-M reactor in Ukraine received LEU fuel
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In May 2010 the Nuclear Research Institute in Kiev, Ukraine shipped spent HEU fuel of its VVR-M reactor to Russia, according to an AtomInfo.ru report. According to the report, which quotes an official from the institute, it was the first... Read More
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