Sentences with phrase «prototype fast reactor»
Closures included France's Phenix, a prototype fast reactor which produced 233 MWe, and Lithuania's Ignalina 2 which produced 1185 MWe but has been closed early as a condition of EU entry.
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Plus, the U.K. has a poor record in the past with its own experimental fast reactor designs — the Dounreay Fast Reactor and the Prototype Fast Reactor — including multiple sodium lefast reactor designs — the Dounreay Fast Reactor and the Prototype Fast Reactor — including multiple sodium leFast Reactor and the Prototype Fast Reactor — including multiple sodium leFast Reactor — including multiple sodium leaks.
The PRISM design has benefited from the operating experience of EBR - II, an integral fast reactor prototype, which was developed by Argonne National Laboratory, and operated for more than 30 years at the Idaho National Laboratory near Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Prism is a sodium - cooled fast neutron reactor design built on more than 30 years of development work, benefitting from the operating experience of the EBR - II prototype integral fast reactor which operated at the USA's Idaho National Laboratory — formerly Argonne National Laboratory — from 1963 to 1994.
Last December, the government also formally announced its decision to decommission the idled Monju prototype fast breeder reactor.
The basic plan for decommissioning Japan's Monju prototype fast breeder reactor (FBR) has been officially adopted by the government - appointed team to oversee the task.
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) president Atsuyuki Suzuki has resigned after the country's nuclear regulator blocked the restart of the Monju prototype fast breeder reactor (FBR) due to inspection deficiencies.
Both GEH and ARC have developed reactor designs based on the Experimental Breeder Reactor - II (EBR - II) integral sodium - cooled fast reactor prototype at the Argonne National Laboratory.
The Japanese government has made the formal decision that the Monju prototype fast breeder reactor (FBR) will not be restarted and steps will be taken to decommission it.
GEH and ARC Nuclear have each developed advanced reactor designs based on the EBR - II, an integral sodium - cooled fast reactor prototype which was developed by Argonne National Laboratory and operated successfully for more than 30 years at Idaho Falls, Idaho.
«ARC Nuclear has a heritage of sodium fast reactor experience that includes key senior scientists and engineers from the EBR - II prototype program — technical leaders involved in developing and demonstrating the fast reactor foundational technology within the U.S. Department of Energy,» said Don Wolf, Chairman and CEO, ARC Nuclear.