Authors & Affiliations
Shidlovsky V.V.1, Gorin N.V.2, Kuznetsov E.V.2, Kuchinov V.P.3, Chebeskov A.N.4, Vasilyev A.P.5, Moiseev A.V.5
1 JSC “Proryv”, Moscow, Russia
2 Russian Federal Nuclear Center – Zababakhin Research Institute of Technical Physics, Snezhinsk, Russia
3 National Research Nuclear University “MEPhI”, Moscow, Russia
4 A.I. Leypunsky Institute for Physics and Power Engineering, Obninsk, Russia
5 N.A. Dollezhal Research and Development Institute of Power Engineering, Moscow, Russia
Shidlovsky V.V.1 – Head of division of planning scientific and technical activities, Cand. Sci. (Techn.).
Gorin N.V.2 – Leading Researcher, Cand. Sci. (Phys. and Math.). Contacts: 13, Vasilyev Str., Snezhinsk, Chelyabinsk Reg., 456770. Tel.: +7 (35146) 5-30-75; e-mail:
Kuznetsov E.V.2 – Head of Department.
Kuchinov V.P.3 – Associate Professor.
Chebeskov A.N.4 – Chief Researcher, Dr. Sci.(Tech.).
Vasilyev A.P.5 – Chief Rsearcher, Cand. Sci. (Phys. and Math.);
Moiseev A.V.5 – Head of Department, Cand. Sci. (Phys. and Math.),
Abstract
The authors are aimed at drawing attention of the scientific community to the initiatives of Russia and the State Corporation Rosatom which suggest the answer to the main challenges of the day, i.e. environmental pollution and climatic changes. At the United Nations Millennium Summit (2000), the RF President noted that nuclear power based on a new technological platform could underlie the sustainable development of the humankind. The RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs specified nuclear power and forest-saving projects as the major tools in fighting against climate change. The State Corporation Rosatom adopted the Strategy 2018, according to which fast reactors with closed nuclear fuel cycle would be the basis for energetic and environmental safety of the state. Currently, nuclear power occupies a noticeable, but at the same time a very modest place in the world, providing a contribution to primary energy production at the level of 5%, and to electricity production a little more than 10%. At the same time, there is a contradiction between the growing demand for energy, which is met by burning hydrocarbons, and the need to reduce CO2 emissions into the atmosphere, which can ensure the large-scale use of nuclear energy. The existing structure of nuclear power based on thermal neutron reactors, even if scaled, is not capable of being a long-term source of energy for the humankind due to its intrinsic resource and technological restrictions relevant for the open nuclear fuel cycle. Choosing fast reactors with closed NFC, humanity will receive an almost inexhaustible and environmentally friendly source of energy, as well as hope for its further sustainable development.
Keywords
nuclear power, new technological platform, fast reactors, closed nuclear fuel cycle (CNFC), nonproliferation regime, export, environmental pollution, public opinion, export, import, nuclear infrastructure
Article Text (PDF, in Russian)
UDC 621.039.51
Problems of Atomic Science and Technology. Series: Nuclear and Reactor Constants, 2022, no. 3, 3:6