The NFCSS is a computer simulation system that uses simplified approaches to calculate nuclear fuel cycle requirements. The system, formerly known as VISTA, provides a detailed description of the ...

TWG-NFCO is one of the IAEA Advisory Groups to DDG-NE which focuses on nuclear fuel cycle options with an emphasis on spent fuel management (storage and reprocessing & recycling), innovative fuel ...

The unit for fabrication/refabrication of nuclear fuel for the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast neutron reactor has been put ...

The third 18-month phase of the pilot operation of innovative REMIX fuel has begun at Russia's Balakavo nuclear power plant's first unit. The aim is to be able to close the fuel cycle for VVER ...

Russia has launched its third cycle of testing innovative uranium-plutonium REMIX fuel at the Balakovo Nuclear Power Plant in Saratov Oblast, a key step that advances the closed nuclear fuel cycle ...

Nuclear waste. We've all heard about it, but what is it? Is it a problem without a solution? How big is the problem? And what ...

effectively closing the nuclear fuel cycle. From the beginning the Superphénix faced strong political resistance by anti-nuclear groups, with the closure of this prototype reactor in 1998 ...

ROKKASHO, Aomori Prefecture—Frustration, impatience and costs continue to soar as Japan’s nuclear fuel cycle policy has again reached an impasse. The completion date for a spent nuclear fuel ...