Future bismuthate research

Several of the originally planned chapters, on comparison of silicon compounds with their higher group 14 congeners, interplay between theory and experiment in organisilicon chemistry, silyl radicals, recent advances in the chemistry of silicon-phosphorous,-arsenic,-antimony and -bismuth compounds, and the chemistry of poly silanes, regrettably did not materialize. We hope to include these important chapters in a future complementary volume. The current pace of research in silicon chemistry will certainly soon require the publication of an additional updated volume. 

The RBEC-M is a lead-bismuth cooled fast reactor with a high level of primary coolant natural circulation and a gas lift system in the primary circuit to provide the supply of an inert gas (e.g. argon) in the coolant under the core, see Annex XXIII. This concept is developed with an insight of future multi-component nuclear energy systems, where it might be used for breeding or the adjustment of fissile material flows. Conceptual studies for the RBEC-M are performed in the Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute (Moscow, Russia). 

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