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Chairs: S. Raghupathy and Rami El-Emam
During the years 2018 and 2019 of the ASTRID program, a simulation program on SFRs has been prepared by the CEA and its industrial partners – EDF and Framatome – featuring sketch studies of a smaller-size SFR with extended experimental purposes. The power of the core has been reduced to 150 MWe to minimize investment costs while keeping the capacity to demonstrate the feasibility of Pu...
While developing an advanced BN reactor plant the tasks were put to reduce a reactor plant cost with obligate meeting of safety requirements and reliability increase of reactor plant equipment and systems.
A purification system with cold traps (CT) placed in the reactor vessel (built-in purification system) was applied in the large BN reactor plant for primary sodium purification.
The...
Large and Small Rotatable Plugs (LRP & SRP) form part of top shield and are used to position transfer arm over any required subassembly location during fuel handling. The annular gap between the Roof Slab and LRP as well as between LRP and SRP is sealed with the help of two types of elastomeric seals - Primary inflatable seals and secondary back up seal. These seals have a design life of 10...
The ESFR SMART project is a European sodium fast reactor project, which follows on from the EFR project, then the CP ESFR project, and whose goal is to present an improved project in terms of safety, taking into account the new rules to be applied in particular following the post Fukushima provisions. For the primary circuit a number of safety options have already been presented (ref 1, 2, 3),...
Fast Breeder Reactor -1&2 (FBR-1&2) is a sodium cooled, pool type, Mixed Oxide (MOX) fuelled reactor with two sodium loops (primary and secondary). The design of this reactor is based on experience from Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) and prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR). Decay Heat Removal (DHR) system removes decay heat from the reactor after shutdown to ensure adequate cooling of core...
Energy decarbonisation, through the transition from fossil fuels to V-RES electricity production and the electrification of transport & heating sectors, may jeopardise the electricity supply security on the long term, because of the growing power demand and the increased production volatility. While advanced and modular reactor designs can make nuclear an attractive low-carbon solution to...
In order to enhance the competitiveness and to reduce the construction cost of the future industrial Sodium Fast Reactors (SFR), several options are explored which need further R&D studies or design assessment. Among them, the possibility to reduce the size of the reactor vessel has been investigated through the reduction of the core diameter and the increase of the power density thanks to...
The energy trilemma and UN-SDG 7 are drivers for energy research to support the UK governments net-zero emissions law. Nuclear reactors are a highly attractive candidate for reliable, 24/7 available, low-carbon electricity generation. However, current technology reactors and their related fuel cycles suffer from unreasonably high cost, a lack of sustainability, and a waste problem due to the...
