Valentin B Ivanov- Table 2

Table 2: Dates and events in the Russian plutonium disposition programme.

Dates		Events

January	2002	Update Scientific Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR) facilities to enable fabrication of vibrocompacted fuel for BN-600 (hybrid zone)
October	2000	Produce a demo unit for fabricating VVER-1000 MOX LTAs for "MOX-Demo" at NIIAR (with the assistance of NCCP)
January	2003	Update the PAKET unit to fabricate BN-600 pellet fuel at Mayak (Chelybinsk)
January	2003	Construction of demo unit for converting weapons-grade Pu into oxide at Mayak
April	2004	Begin transition of BN-600 core to hybrid zone with MOX fuel at Beloyarsk NPP
April	2004	Fabricate VVER-1000 MOX LTAs at NIIAR
July	2003	Start of construction of an industrial-scale Pu conversion facility at Mayak
July	2003	Start of construction of an industrial-scale MOX fabrication facility
July	2006	Start of operation of industrial-scale Pu conversion facility
	2007	Start of operation of industrial-scale MOX fabrication facility
	2008	Fabrication of an industrial batch of VVER-1000 MOX fuel for Balakovo NPP
	2009	Put in operation spent MOX BN-600 fuel storage at MChC (Krasnoyarsk)