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Russia's Nuclear Game-Changer: Driving BRICS' Energy Future
Russia's Nuclear Game-Changer: Driving BRICS' Energy Future
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President Vladimir Putin has unveiled Russia’s nuclear breakthrough: a closed fuel cycle power system to tackle global uranium shortages.
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Holy Grail of Nuclear Technology "A closed-cycle reactor is the holy grail of nuclear energy," energy expert Alexey Anpilogov tells Sputnik. "Scientists have pursued it since the dawn of the nuclear age."It is the world’s only сlosed-cycle nuclear system entering industrial phase, says Alexander Uvarov, director of AtomInfo-Center. Cost-Effective Solution Hazardous Waste Recycling During operation, BREST will also burn highly radioactive elements, such as cesium and strontium — known for causing severe radioactive contamination after the Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters. High-Safety Reactor No Competitors The US, Japan, and France have tried closed fuel cycles and built sodium-cooled reactors, but none have achieved a reliable, sustainable design like Russia’s BREST-OD-300. Importance for BRICS BRICS countries would be interested in BREST, Uvarov notes. Rosatom actively cooperates with India and China, both of which have huge plans for nuclear energy. "Export prospects look very promising," Uvarov concludes.
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Russia's Nuclear Game-Changer: Driving BRICS' Energy Future
15:31 GMT 26.09.2025 (Updated: 15:32 GMT 26.09.2025) President Vladimir Putin has unveiled Russia’s nuclear breakthrough: a closed fuel cycle power system to tackle global uranium shortages.
Holy Grail of Nuclear Technology
"A closed-cycle reactor is the holy grail of nuclear energy," energy expert Alexey Anpilogov tells Sputnik. "Scientists have pursued it since the dawn of the nuclear age."
A conventional plant uses 0.7% of uranium, leaving 99.3% waste. This reactor reuses it, making uranium fuel last for thousands of years.
Rosatom’s fast reactor
BREST-OD-300 will run on uranium-238 and convert it into reusable plutonium-239.
It is the world’s only сlosed-cycle nuclear system entering industrial phase, says Alexander Uvarov, director of AtomInfo-Center.
"The Russian president set 2030 as the launch date for the system, but I’d say it will start even earlier."
"If you load 1 kg of uranium into such a reactor, you’ll not only get electricity and heat, but also produce more than 1 kg of new plutonium," Anpilogov explains. "It’s like a magic wallet where the money grows on its own."
Hazardous Waste Recycling
During operation, BREST will also burn highly radioactive elements, such as cesium and strontium — known for causing severe radioactive contamination after the Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters.
The BREST-OD-300’s lead coolant makes it safer than other reactors: radiation-resistant, with a high boiling point and inert to water and air.
Lead-cooled reactors are seen as a promising future for global nuclear energy.
"Do we have competitors? Not yet," the experts say.
The US, Japan, and France have tried closed fuel cycles and built sodium-cooled reactors, but none have achieved a reliable, sustainable design like Russia’s BREST-OD-300.
BRICS countries would be interested in BREST, Uvarov notes. Rosatom actively cooperates with India and China, both of which have huge plans for nuclear energy.
"Export prospects look very promising," Uvarov concludes.
