RITM-200

RITM-200

RITM-200

Nuclear reactor

The RITM-200 is an integrated Generation III+ pressurized water reactor developed by OKBM Afrikantov and designed to produce 55 MWe. The design is an improvement of KLT-40 reactor. It uses up to 20% enriched uranium-235 and can be refueled every 10 years for a 60 year planned lifespan in floating power plant installation.[1] If installed in a stationary power plant the fuel cycle is 6 years.

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The RITM-200 has a compact integrated layout placing equipment within the steam generator casing, halving system weight compared to earlier designs and improving ability to operate in rolling and pitching seas.[2]

It powers the Project 22220 icebreakers, the first of which went critical in October 2019.[3]

In November 2020 Rosatom announced plans to place a land-based RITM-200N[4] SMR in isolated Ust-Kuyga town in Yakutia.[5] The reactor will replace current coal and oil based electricity and heat generation at half the price.[6] Technical design for this type of RITM-200 core should be finished in 2022.

References

  1. [1]
    "Small nuclear reactors for power and icebreaking".
  2. [2]
    "Ural icebreaker passes construction milestone". World Nuclear News. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
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    "SMR in the Making". Retrieved 2020-05-05.
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    "Rosatom begins development of nuclear fuel for upgraded FNPPs - Nuclear Engineering International". www.neimagazine.com. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
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    "Rosatom plans first land-based SMR for Russian Far East : New Nuclear - World Nuclear News". www.world-nuclear-news.org. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
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    "Rosatom to begin work on land-based SMR - Nuclear Engineering International". www.neimagazine.com. Retrieved 2021-01-06.


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