The involvement of ÚJV Řež and other Czech companies in shipments of spent nuclear fuel from nuclear research reactors

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F46356088%3A_____%2F23%3AN0000014" target="_blank" >RIV/46356088:_____/23:N0000014 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029549323004636" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029549323004636</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2023.112614" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.nucengdes.2023.112614</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The involvement of ÚJV Řež and other Czech companies in shipments of spent nuclear fuel from nuclear research reactors

Original language description

ÚJV Řež is extensively involved in a program concerning the shipment of spent nuclear fuel from nuclear research reactors to the respective countries of origin. One of the objectives of the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) is to reduce the global threat potentially posed by the use of highly-enriched uranium (HEU) fuel in nuclear research reactors. The program is underway in cooperation with the USA, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Russian Federation and China, and is funded primarily by the USA. A significant factor concerns the use of the Czech ŠKODA VPVR/M cask, which was developed and produced by ŠKODA JS. As part of the Russian Research Reactor Fuel Return (RRRFR) program, spent nuclear fuel from the LVR-15 nuclear research reactor at Řež was shipped from Czechia to the Russian Federation in 2007 and 2013. Non-irradiated nuclear fuel and other nuclear materials were also shipped from Czechia to the Russian Federation as part of the RRRFR program. ÚJV Řež is also involved in the shipment of spent nuclear fuel from other countries. ÚJV Řež has participated in seventeen shipments from twelve countries involving a total of 3,328 kg of uranium, of which 713 kg of HEU. This highlights Czechia’s commitment and positive contribution to global efforts to secure nuclear materials against misuse.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20305 - Nuclear related engineering; (nuclear physics to be 1.3);

Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Nuclear Engineering and Design

ISSN

0029-5493

e-ISSN

1872-759X

Volume of the periodical

414

Issue of the periodical within the volume

December

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

1-6

UT code for WoS article

001085047800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85171791693