Rosatom ready to spend up to 1.1 billion rub for BREST-300 researches

TOMSK, Jan 26 – RIA Tomsk. State corporation "Rosatom" announced auctions for a number of researches necessary for creation of the reactor "BREST-OD-300", which is under construction in the Tomsk region within the framework of the project "Proryv"; the initial value of contracts - is about 1.13 billion rubles, according to the public procurement website.

Earlier some media wrote that Rosatom allegedly suggested to waive construction plans of the BREST-300 reactor because of an economic situation in the Russian Federation. Rosatom specified that the state corporation doesn't plan to stop construction, and initiated updating of the project. It will allow to lower capital expenditure of the federal target program.

As follows from the materials, in the open competition "on the right to let public contracts to perform research and development work" there are six lots. Work should be done in 2017. The initial cost of each - from 66.29 million to 266.07 million rubles; in total amount Rosatom could spend to pay for these works up to 1.13 billion rubles.

Rosatom suggests to perform studies of the main decisions of radioactive waste handling of a experimental demonstration complex (EDC) of "Proryv", the technological modes and design of the equipment for processing of the mixed nitride uranium-plutonium (MNUP) spent nuclear fuel.

Also the state corporation orders research and development for creation of the reactor on fast neutrons with the lead heat carrier, including production of the model of the neutrons reflector block – an element around active zone which prevents leakage of neutrons during chain reaction.

Follows the materials of the competition, it is planned to develop constructional materials for reactors on the fast neutrons, fuel elements and the heatallocating assemblies on the basis of dense MNUP-fuel, technology and the equipment for a fabrication and refabrication of dense MNUP-fuel.

Rosatom since 2011 realizes at Siberian Chemical Plant the project "Proryv" on creation of the latest fuel at which the nuclear power will work after 2020. In Seversk (the closed satellite town of Tomsk) as a part of PDPC there will be a reactor BREST-OD-300 installation with a station nuclear fuel cycle, and also production of uranium - plutonium (nitride) fuel for reactors on fast neutrons.