Cooperative MPC&A Enhancements at Russian Navy Sites.

Nelson, N. N. ; O'Shell, P. ; Hendrickson, S. ; Sukhoruchkin, V. ; Antipov, S.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Nuclear propulsion;    Highly enriched uranium;    Nuclear fuel;    Irradiated fuels;    International agreements;   

RP-ID  :  DE200515013213

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

美国|英语

来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

U.S. MPC&A cooperation with the Russian Federation (RF) Navy is based on a Joint Statement signed in 1996 to protect Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) fresh fuel used for nuclear propulsion. The Russian Federation Navy is the largest owner in Russia of highly enriched uranium, both in the form of fresh nuclear fuel, and in the form of slightly irradiated fuel with a long cooling time after irradiation. As a result of this agreement, projects began at the Northern Fleet Fresh Fuel Storage Facility (Site 49) and Refueling Ship PM-63. Initial projects provided upgrades for RF Navy HEU fresh fuel storage facilities, beginning with a land-based facility near Murmansk and later adding other landbased and ship-based fresh fuel storage facilities. Additional protocols (December 1997, January 1999, and March 2000) significantly expanded cooperation to include all HEU fuel under RF Navy control. To date, it is estimated that tens of metric tons of HEU have been secured enough to construct hundreds of nuclear devices. It was determined that the cooperation would be coordinated by the Russian Research Center, Kurchatov Institute. This paper describes the history of the Program development, its stages, current status, scale of the work and prospects.