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The design of the next generation of nuclear powerplants requires improvements in reactor safety. Safety improvement is also a problem of great importance for currently operating units. Nuclear powerplant safety may be guaranteed by successful approaches to the following issues: 1) self-protection of the core by natural mechanisms during accidents (ATWS (Anticipated Transient Without Scram) accidents are of primary importance), 2) civilian and weapons-grade plutonium utilization, 3) treatment and disposal of radioactive wastes and 4) assurance against proliferation of nuclear materials.
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Kuzmin, A.M., Okunev, V.S. (1999). Plutonium-Fueled Lmfrs: Problems of Design Optimization for Self-Protection. In: Parish, T.A., Khromov, V.V., Carron, I. (eds) Safety Issues Associated with Plutonium Involvement in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle. NATO Science Series, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4591-6_22
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