The increase in the accumulation of plutonium stocks in the process of today’s reactor operations, as well as the plutonium released as a result of armament reduction evokes steadily raising concern of Russian and foreign societies about its future. Expected quantities of civil plutonium accumulated in the spent fuel of now functioning Russian NPPs with a life time of 30 years are given in the Table 1. Also in this table are the quantities of ex-weapons plutonium expected to be released in Russia.

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Authors and Affiliations

1. Minatom Moscow, Russia

   N. N. Egorov

2. Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, State Scientific Center, Obninsk, Russia

   V. M. Murogov, V. S. Kagramanian, M. F. Troyanov, V. M. Poplavski & V. I. Matveev

Editors and Affiliations

1. Forschungszentrum Jülich, KFA, Jülich, Germany

   Erich R. Merz

2. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, California, USA

   Carl E. Walter

3. Institute of Physics & Power Engineering, Obninsk, Russia

   Gennady M. Pshakin

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