NIKIET, Russian Federation

N. A. Dolleghal Research and Development, Institute of Power Engineering (NIKIET), Russian Federation... 

As estimated, the area of decentralized energy supply covers about 2/3 of the territory of Russia here, small size nuclear power plants (SS NPP) can become a reasonable alternative to energy sources based on fossil fuel. The design concept of the UNITHERM has been developed since the 1990s by Research and Development Institute of Power Engineering (known both as RDIPE and NIKIET) of the Russian Federation and Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute , and was necessitated by the conversion of the NIKIET activities to peaceful uses. 

An agreement to submit design descriptions for this report was not reached with the designers of BREST-300 lead cooled fast reactor from RDIPE (NIKIET) of the Russian Federation and the designers of CANDU X NC reactor from AECL of Canada (the latter is a Generation IV system with supercritical light water coolant). A description of the BREST-300 can be found in reference [21]. 

The IVV-2M at NIKIET, the Russian Federation and the SAFARI-I at NECSA, South Africa reactors are being utilized to confirm fuel performance through the full bum-up range. 

Radiation Survey of Facility 925. Federal Target Program Management of Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Materials, Their Recycling and Disposal" for 1996-2005 (1999), NIKIET, RRC KI, RPE Ecoatom , Moscow (in Russian). 

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