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The VVER Division of Institute of Nuclear Reactor (NRI) specializes in pressurized water
reactor engineering.
In the Institute the first Soviet nuclear reactors have been developed, the progress in
nuclear power and nuclear reactors for special purposes has commenced,
fundamentals of the nuclear reactor physics as a branch of science have been
assumed as a basis. The Institute solves complex scientific and engineering
problems, providing realization of the state politics and creation of a scientific basis
in the sphere of nuclear power progress, development and mastering of effective,
safe and ecologically clean energy sources based on nuclear fission reactions.
The main directions of the VVER Division activity:
development of concepts of nuclear power progress;
development of scientific and technical fundamentals of reactor engineering and nuclear
power, carrying out fundamental and search investigations in this field, primarily-concerning
safety problems;
the scientific leadership by development, construction and operation of nuclear power
plants (NPP);
improvement, enhancement of reliability and safety of operating reactor plants and NPP;
the development of effective and safe reactor plants and NPP based on new ideas,
technologies and technical decisions.
Under the scientific auspices of the VVER Division there have been created and are
operated the reactor plants VVER-440 and VVER-1000 for NPP, projects have
been developed and are realized for reactor plants for AST, low power reactor plant
series, etc.
Projects of new generation power reactors based on traditional technologies but ensuring
the ultimate permissible safety level are being developed. Projects of advanced,
based on new ideas, reactor plants are being developed in which the selfprotection
principles are realized, passive safety means are ensured.
The VVER Division is the crew of specialists, scientists, engineers-investigators,
programmers, designers, technicians and workers, having:
specialized fund (bank) of algorithms and programs and data base in the reactor physics,
radiation transfer, radiation protection (OFAP-NR), with a number of codes fully
qualified by Gosatomtekhnadzor;
advanced experimental base making it possible to carry out investigations on physics of
various types of reactors, thermal physics, hydraulics, gas dynamics, special
investigations on safety problems, etc.;
design office and pilot-scale production with wide potentialities.
The Division performs a wide international cooperation with leading firms and institutes of
the West Europe and USA. Traditional cooperation with East Europe and Asia
countries is preserved. Along with solution of its main problems
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