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History of plutonium production in Russia / Diakov, Anatoli

Diakov, Anatoli	Journal Article
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2011.

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For almost 50 years, the production and processing of weapon fissile materials was the primary mission of the Soviet nuclear complex. The cloak of secrecy on all nuclear weapons activities was lifted in 1995. However, the Soviet Union did not declare the amount of fissile-material that it produced for military purposes, and Russia did not reconsider the release of this information. Non-governmental analysts have made estimates of Russia's stocks of weapon-grade plutonium based on assumptions about the power history of the production rectors but such estimates are uncertain. This article attempts to provide improved estimates of production and current holding of weapons plutonium in Russia based on recent publications of historical documents and memoirs on the design and operation of the production reactors.

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Plutonium ; Russia ; Plutonium Reactors ; Heavy-Water Reactors ; Light -Water Reactor

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ReSTART: the need for a new US-Russian strategic arms agreement / Diakov, Anatoli; Miasnikov, Eugene

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2006.

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START ; Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ; United States ; Russia ; Strategic Arms Agreement

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Status and prospects for Russia's fuel cycle / Diakov, Anatoli

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2013.

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Russia has given priority to nuclear power in its long-term strategy to increase its electricity generation capacity. But the sustainability of this strategy over the long term depends on the ability to solve problems associated with the production of increasing amounts of spent nuclear fuel. Rosatom,1 Russia's nuclear industrial corporation, believes that development of fast neutron plutonium-breeder reactors and their fuel-cycle technologies is the solution to this problem. This article is a review of current governmental programs associated with development of nuclear power in Russia and spent fuel management.

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nuclear fuel ; Nuclear Power ; Russia ; Fuel Management ; Electricity Generation Capacity

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