Jan.14 (EIRNS)–A consortium of Russian research centers and universities has been established for developing new-generation nuclear power technologies, including closed nuclear fuel cycle facilities, fast reactors, new materials for energy technologies of the future, and innovative nuclear power plant projects.
“For creating and proliferating competitive centers of knowledge and mastering the best practices of research and innovative activities a scientific consortium has been created for the development of nuclear power technologies of a new generation in Russia’s territory,” the press service of the consortium’s initiator, National Nuclear Research University (MIFI) said on January 13, according to TASS.
In addition to MIFI, the consortium includes the Nuclear Safety Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, joint stock company Proryv, Leipunsky Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Bochvar High Technology Research Institute of Inorganic Materials, Luch Scientific Production Association, Scientific Research Institute for Graphite-based Construction Materials (NII Grafit), Federal State Research and Development Institute of Rare Metal Industry (Giredmet), and the Alexeyev State Technical University in Nizhni Novgorod.
Research and development will be carried out in the areas of developing new materials for 4th- generation nuclear reactors and thermonuclear reactor DEMO, further the development of experimental data used in modeling physical processes in nuclear power plants, and developing and using digital economy instruments. In addition, they will train personnel for research organizations.
