First Batch Of Russian Nuclear Fuel Assemblies For BN-800 Fast Reactor Accepted -Rosatom

The first serial batch of Russian nuclear fuel assemblies for the BN-800 fast neutron reactor of the Beloyarsk nuclear power station has passed acceptance commissioning successfully, Russian TVEL fuel company, which is part of the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, said in a press release on Thursday

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 13th December, 2018) The first serial batch of Russian nuclear fuel assemblies for the BN-800 fast neutron reactor of the Beloyarsk nuclear power station has passed acceptance commissioning successfully, Russian TVEL fuel company, which is part of the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, said in a press release on Thursday.

"The first serial batch of nuclear fuel assemblies for BN-800 fast neutron reactor with mixed uranium-and-plutonium MOX [mixed oxide] fuel has successfully passed acceptance commissioning," the release read.

The batch was produced at Rosatom's Mining and Chemical Combine, located in Krasnoyarsk Region.