BN-350 reactor

BN-350 reactor

The BN-350 was a sodium-cooled fast reactor nuclear power plant located at Aktau (formally known as Shevchenko from 1964-1992), Kazakhstan, situated on the shore of the Caspian Sea. Construction of the BN-350 Fast breeder reactor began in 1964, and the plant first produced electricity in 1973. In addition to providing power for the city (150 MWe), BN-350 was also used for producing plutonium and for desalination to supply fresh water (120,000 m³ fresh water/day) to the city.

The project lifetime of the reactor officially finished in 1993, and in June 1994, the reactor was forced to shut down because of a lack of funds to buy fuel. By 1995, the plant's operating license had expired. The facility continued to operate far below capacity until reactor operations ceased in 1999, when plutonium-bearing spent fuel stopped being produced.

ee also

*Desalination
*BN-600 reactor
*BN-800 reactor

External links and sources

* [http://www.insc.anl.gov/dbfiles/plant_category/FBR/bn.2.html ANL report on Early Soviet Fast Reactors]
* [http://www.insc.anl.gov/cgi-bin/sql_interface?view=rx_model&qvar=id&qval=12 ANL update] from 1995
* [http://www.iaea.org/inis/aws/fnss/abstracts/abst_29033629.html IAEA: Status of the BN-350 Fast Reactor] for the period of May 1996 - May 1997
* [http://www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/751926-TdJPb8/webviewable/751926.pdf Criticality Safety Issues in the Disposition of BN-350 Spent Fuel] presented on June 4-8, 2000
* [http://www.nnsa.doe.gov/na-20/bn_350.shtml BN-350 Spent Fuel Disposition]
* [https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/busopor.nsf/UNID/0F35BE3D44195CD485256D110063E338/$file/Attachment+II+Feasibility+Study+Summary.doc BN-350 Spent Fuel Disposition] Word Document (Retrieved 2007-02-18)
* [http://www.nti.org/e_research/cnwm/securing/bn.asp NTI: Securing Nuclear Warheads and Materials] by Matthew Bunn, last updated by Josh Friedman on August 5, 2004


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