MOX Demonstration
Under the Joint Action, EUR 1 300 000 and EUR 1 500 000 have already been allocated to support the start of this development by the Joint Action 1999/878/CFSP and Council Decision 2001/493/CFSP, respectively. The basis is mainly given by an overall programme for MOX demonstration elaborated in 2000 by the Bochvar Institute, approved by Minatom and accepted by GAN. This programme is made of a sequence of many steps leading finally to the loading of three MOX fuel assemblies (lead test assemblies, LTA) into a VVER-1000 reactor at Balakovo. It is thus also referred to as the 3-LTA programme.
