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Residual energy release and actinide and fission product radiotoxicities during long-term storage of high burnup spent VVÉR fuel

The residual energy release and radiotoxicity of spent high burnup VVÉR-1000 fuel during long-term storage is investigated as a function of time. The contributions of α, β, γradiation and radiotoxicity-the max...

B. R. Bergel’son, A. S. Gerasimov, T. S. Zaritskaya, G. V. Tikhomirov in Atomic Energy (2007)

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Optimization of the thorium-uranium regime in CANDU heavy-water reactors

Two operating regimes of a heavy-water power reactor operating in a thorium-uranium fuel cycle are examined: accumulation of the required amount of ²³³U and self-fueling with ²³³U fuel. The parameters of 10 varia...

B. R. Bergel’son, A. S. Gerasimov, G. V. Tikhomirov in Atomic Energy (2006)

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Self-fueling (²³³U) regime for a candu heavy-water power reactor

The possibility of using a thorium-uranium fuel cycle efficiently with a CANDU heavy-water power reactor is examined. A computational investigation of two operating regimes of the reactor is performed. It demo...

B. R. Bergel’son, A. S. Gerasimov, G. V. Tikhomirov, Li Tsinhun in Atomic Energy (2004)

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Self-fueling (²³³U) regime for a CANDU heavy-water power reactor

The possibility of using a thorium-uranium fuel cycle efficiently with a CANDU heavy-water power reactor is examined. A computational investigation of two operating regimes of the reactor is performed. It demo...

B. R. Bergel’son, A. S. Gerasimov, G. V. Tikhomirov, Li Tsinhun in Atomic Energy (2004)

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Transmutation of Long-Lived Actinides in Power Reactors

Heavy- and light-water power reactors can be used for partial transmutation of nuclear wastes, thereby making it possible to limit the accumulation of long-lived radionuclides in storage sites for spent nuclea...

B. R. Bergel'son, A. S. Gerasimov, G. V. Tikhomirov in Atomic Energy (2003)

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Radiotoxicity at Final Transmutation of Actinides Accumulated in Transmutation Reactors

At the final stage of the existence of nuclear power, when power reactors stop operating and the previously accumulated acitindes have been transmuted, it is necessary to transmute the actinides which were acc...

B. R. Bergel'son, A. S. Gerasimov, T. S. Zaritskaya, G. V. Kiselev… in Atomic Energy (2003)

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Long-Lived-Radionuclide Transmutation Scenarios

The results of multigroup calculations of continuous irradiation of Np, Am, and Cm in VVÉR-1000, PHWR-880, Superphoenix-1200, BREST-1000, and ÉLYaU-800 reactors are used to compare transmutation efficiency. Th...

B. R. Bergel'son, A. S. Gerasimov, G. V. Kiselev, G. V. Tikhomirov in Atomic Energy (2002)

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Expanded 233U Breeding in the Heavy-Water Blanket of an Electronuclear System

Comparative investigations are performed of the neutron-physical characteristics and their variations during burnup for two types of fuel Th–U and U–Pu with heavy- and light-water lattices. Analysis of the res...

B. R. Bergel'son, G. V. Tikhomirov in Atomic Energy (2001)

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Radiotoxicity and Residual Energy Release of Spent Uranium–Plutonium and Thorium Fuel during Prolonged Storage

A computational comparison is made of the radiotoxicity and residual energy release of spent uranium–plutonium and thorium–uranium nuclear fuel during long-term storage. The contribution of the most significan...

B. R. Bergel'son, A. S. Gerasimov, T. S. Zaritskaya, G. V. Kiselev… in Atomic Energy (2001)

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Radiotoxicity and Residual Energy Release of Actinides and Fission Products of Spent VVÉR Fuel in Long-Term Storage

The time dependence of the residue energy release and radiotoxicity of spent VVÉR-1000 nuclear fuel with long-term storage or uniform accumulation in long-term storage is investigated. The calculations of the ...

B. R. Bergel'son, A. S. Gerasimov, T. S. Zaritskaya, G. V. Kiselev… in Atomic Energy (2000)

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Investigation of heat removal from a liquid-salt target irradiated with high-energy protons

The design of a liquid-salt target with a conical vacuum cavity was studied. A method based on a universal one-dimensional velocity profile for pipes was proposed for calculating the heat transfer in a liquid-...

A. G. Chukhlov, B. R. Bergel’son in Atomic Energy (2000)

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Single-purpose electronuclear installation using natural uranium as fuel

The results of investigations of the parameters of an electronuclear setup, operating on solid fuel, for producing useful power are presented. The objective of the investigations is to show the attractiveness ...

B. R. Bergel’son, G. V. Tikhomirov, O. V. Shvedov in Atomic Energy (1999)

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Subcritical system (target-blanket) for transmutation of the actinides

B. R. Bergel'son, A. A. Nikitin, V. T. Starostin, I. V. Chuvilo… in Atomic Energy (1997)

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Efficiency of transmutation of long-lived radiotoxicity in different nuclear plants

B. R. Bergel'son, S. A. Balyuk in Atomic Energy (1996)

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Concept of a dual-purpose electronuclear plant

B. R. Bergel'son, S. A. Balyuk in Atomic Energy (1996)

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Analysis of the accumulation of long-lived radiotoxicity in the U-Pu nuclear fuel cycle

B. R. Bergel'son, S. A. Balyuk in Atomic Energy (1996)

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Thermohydraulic characteristics of the condenser in the natural-circulation loop of an MTR modular heavy-water reactor

B. F. Balunov, D. G. Govyadko, T. S. Zhivitskaya, V. I. Kiselev… in Atomic Energy (1992)

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A modular heavy-water reactor as a source of energy in atomic thermal power stations and atomic electric power stations

B. R. Bergel'son, G. V. Kiselev, I. V. Chuvilo in Soviet Atomic Energy (1991)

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Hydraulic characteristics and vapor content in a channel with boiling of a liquid underheated up to the saturation temperature

A method is proposed for calculating the hydraulic characteristic and vapor content in a channel with underheated boiling.

B. R. Bergel'son, A. S. Gerasimov in Journal of engineering physics (1979)

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The radiation field from a point unidirectional source of gamma quanta

B. R. Bergel'son in Soviet Atomic Energy (1975)