Paving the Way to Green Status for Nuclear Power

Viacheslav Pershukov, Vladimir Artisyuk and Andrey Kashirsky
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Viacheslav Pershukov: Rosatom for International and Scientific Projects, 119017 Moscow, Russia
Vladimir Artisyuk: State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, 119017 Moscow, Russia
Andrey Kashirsky: Analytical Department, Joint Stock Company “Proryv”, 107140 Moscow, Russia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 15, 1-10

Abstract: The paper considers a way to bring nuclear power into the category of “green” energy technologies; thus advertising its critical role in achieving the sustainable development goals adopted by the UN in 2015, and presents an option of nuclear power development based on a new technological platform (NTP) with two pillars: closed nuclear fuel cycle (CNFC), and fast reactors (FR). Provisions are formulated to break through the skepticism of nuclear power opponents. The “PRORYV” (the Russian equivalent for “break-through”) project is focused on proving the industrial feasibility of the closed fuel cycle on-site of the NPP with fast reactor, thus giving the technological opportunity to establish nuclear energy systems environmentally friendly and free from the risk of proliferation of nuclear weapons. Such a nuclear energy system could contribute significantly in combating both looming energy crises and climate change.

Keywords: fast reactors; closed nuclear fuel cycle; inherent safety; non-proliferation; new technological platform; the PRORYV (“break-through”) project (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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