Nuclear Power Technology Development Section

Technical Documents Published by NPTDS

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List of documents published in 2007:


TECDOC-1569

Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors: Experience in Design and Operation

This publication has been prepared to contribute toward the IAEA activity to preserve the knowledge gained in the liquid metal cooled fast reactor (LMFR) technology development. This technology development and experience include aspects addressing not only experimental and demonstration reactors, but also all activities from reactor construction to decommissioning. This publication provides a survey of worldwide experience gained over the past five decades in LMFR development, design, operation and decommissioning, which has been accumulated through the IAEA programmes carried out within the framework of the TWG-FR and the Agency's INIS and NKMS.


TECDOC-1536

Status of Small Reactor Designs Without On-site Refuelling

Small reactors without on-site refuelling are the reactors of less than 300 MW(e) effective output that are designed for infrequent replacement of well-contained fuel cassettes in a manner that impedes clandestine diversion of nuclear fuel material. The overall objective of this report is to provide member states, including those just considering the initiation of nuclear power programmes and those already having practical experience in nuclear power, with a balanced and objective information on important development trends and objectives of small reactors without on-site refuelling for a variety of uses, on the achieved state-of-the-art in design and technology development for such reactors, and on their design and regulatory status. The report is intended for many categories of stakeholders, including electricity producers, non-electrical producers, policy makers, designers, and regulators. The main chapters of this report, addressed to a variety of stakeholders, survey emerging energy market characteristics; introduce a rationale for such reactors and review their design and technology development status with a consideration of associated fuel cycle and institutional issues. The annexes include detailed design descriptions of nearly all small reactors without on-site refuelling under development worldwide, focusing on their potential to provide solutions in the areas of concern associated with future nuclear energy systems.