Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom continues its successful research and development efforts to validate innovative nuclear fuels for next-generation fast neutron reactors. Two core designs with different types of uranium-plutonium nuclear fuel are being developed for the BN-1200 reactor: MOX fuel, and SNUP fuel. New SNUP and MOX fuel assemblies, produced
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N. Korean nuclear reactor appears to be operational
A second reactor at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear facility appears to be operational, according to the UN atomic agency. Yongbyon is North Korea's main nuclear complex and home to its first nuclear reactor, with a five megawatt capacity, and has been the only known source of plutonium for its weapons programme. A