This will bring technologies in the nuclear power industry closer to a closed fuel cycle, which will reduce the use of natural uranium.
Aleksey Dub, First Deputy General Director of JSC Science and Innovations of the State Corporation Rosatom, told TASS that the studies carried out as part of the fourth federal project of the comprehensive program for the development of nuclear science, engineering and technology will make it possible to substantiate the service life of new materials for advanced reactor technologies up to 60 years.
He noted that the main direction of scientific research is to provide two-component nuclear power with structural materials.
“This will make it possible to achieve a 25% share of nuclear energy in the balance of the Russian Federation, on the one hand, and on the other hand, it will lead to the fact that we will make significant progress in introducing the so-called closed fuel cycle, which will significantly reduce the use of natural uranium,” Oak explained the goal of scientific research.
In parallel, methods are being created that will significantly speed up the selection of materials.
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