Sentences with phrase «fast reactor research»

Colin Gregory, director of the fast reactor research programme at Dounreay, says that the EFR will inevitably take longer to construct and cost more without more time for research at Dounreay.

The European fast reactor programme — led by Britain, France and Germany — had hoped to carry out important research at the fast reactor research centre at Dounreay in Scotland, which is operated by AEA Technology.

Not exact matches

In its efforts to develop safer, cheaper, and more efficient nuclear reactors, the Idaho National Laboratory has researched half a dozen next - generation reactor designs; these two (the sodium - cooled fast reactor and the very - high - temperature reactor) are the most promising.

In the 1980s this research was directed toward a fast reactor (dubbed the advanced liquidmetal reactor, or ALMR), with metallic fuel cooled by a liquid metal, that was to be integrated with a high - temperature pyrometallurgical processing unit for recycling and replenishing the fuel.

Conceived in the 1970s, Monju was once at the leading edge of research into fast fission reactors, which have always been controversial because they burn plutonium, an ingredient in bombs.

He said that the government had reviewed its position and concluded that the funding of research and development on the fast reactor at Dounreay was not a priority beyond March 1993, as there was agreement that commercial deployment of the fast reactor would not be justified until well into the next century.

«The answer that I got from them at the end of October,» said Eggar, «was that they felt, having examined all their priorities across all the R&D, that they could not give enough priority to fast breeder reactor research.

The Department of Atomic Energy will grow by a healthy 21 %, to $ 2.5 billion, with $ 61 million for the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research in Kalpakkam, possibly for development of a new fuel for the fast breeder reactor.

The research would culminate in the commissioning of the first European fast reactor (EFR) early next century.

JAEA chairman Toshio Kodama said, «In addition to effectively utilizing the results of our research and development - including the results obtained through the development of Monju so far for future fast reactor development - we will contribute to the development of state - of - the - art fast reactors in Japan by making maximum use of the human resources and equipment, etc of this organization according to the established «fast reactor development policy».»

My answer to the narrowed question: • Identify adaptation policies that can be implemented to reduce impacts of extreme weather events (which will happen with or without greenhouse driven global warming) • Research on nuclear energy to reduce the stigma of nuclear generation, e.g., fast reactors (Generation 4 reactors) or thorium fueled.

As well as the BN series of reactors, Russia is also developing the lead - cooled BREST fast reactor, the lead - bismuth cooled SVBR and a multi-purpose fast neutron research reactor, the MBIR.

It would be astounding if a technology that exists only in PowerPoint presentations — magical small, cost - effective, fail - safe nuclear reactors — could possibly be researched, developed, demonstrated, and then scaled up faster than a host of carbon - free technologies that are already commercial today.