Kazakhstan has developed a new fuel assembly design of for low-enriched uranium

The first two problems have already been successfully implemented. Underway is the third phase - transfer VVR-K reactor fuel to low-enriched uranium, "- said the newspaper" Evening Almaty "Director of the Institute of Nuclear Physics E.Batyrbekov." On the basis of all of our neutronic and thermal-hydraulic calculations developed a new fuel assembly design of low enriched uranium. It is more secure and, in addition, no interest for "hunters" of nuclear material from which to make a bomb. Now three experimental assembly already have done and began their real tests in VVR-K, which should be last until the spring of 2013. "If test`s results will be successful, all test reactor fuel will be replaced to low-enriched. "- said Mr.Batyrbekov.