Closed Nuclear Fuel Cycle with Fast Reactors

1. IntroductionPart I. Global power generation and the role of nuclear power engineering2. Power generation and sustainable development3. Role of nuclear power engineering in the Russian fuel and energy industryPart II. Basic components of a new technology platform for nuclear power engineering4. Fuel cycles of nuclear power engineering5. Fuel supply6. Prevention of severe reactivity-related accidents7. Prevention of severe heat removal accidents8. Codes for development and safety analysis of reactor plants9. SNF and RW handling as a risk factor for the public10. Radiation and radiological equivalence of RW for two-component nuclear power engineering11. Technology support of the non-proliferation regime and conditions for export of the CNFC and FNR technologies12. Economic competitiveness of innovative nuclear power engineeringPart III. Nuclear fuel and closing of the nuclear fuel cycle13. Uranium and uranium-plutonium nuclear fuel14. Dense nuclear fuel for fast reactors15. Development of nitride fuel within the framework of Breakthrough Project16. Mixed oxide fuel for fast reactors17. REMIX fuel18. Adaptation of uranium-plutonium fuel fabrication technologies19. Usage of the industry-specific fuel infrastructure20. Structural materials for fuel element claddings21. SNF processing technologies22. Radioactive waste managementPart IV. Advanced reactor technologies and the nuclear power engineering infrastructure23. New generation reactor technologies within the framework of Generation IV International Forum24. Development of technologies based on fast reactors25. Fast reactors within the framework of Breakthrough Work Stream26. Thermal reactors27. Expansion of the nuclear power engineering application scope28. Alternative reactor technologies29. Superconducting power transmission technologies30. Experimental facilities of nuclear power engineering31. Digitalization in nuclear power engineering32. Regulatory framework for the modern and future nuclear power engineeringPart V. Strategic guidelines for establishment of two-component nuclear power engineering33. Optimal development scenarios for the Russian nuclear power engineering34. Comparative analysis of the Russian nuclear power engineering development scenarios35. Russian nuclear power engineering development variants for different integral capacity growth scenariosConclusionAppendix1. Potential biological hazard (PBH) of significant radionuclides in the nuclear power engineering waste from thermal and fast reactors in 21002. PBH of significant radionuclides in the nuclear power engineering waste from thermal and fast reactors subsequent to storage for 100 to 1000 years starting with 21003. PBH of natural uranium with the total mass of 541.7 thous. tons4. Characteristics of fuel campaigns for light-water reactors in the closed NFC5. Basic technical characteristics of power units with fast reactors