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Conference Article: Multipurposed small fast reactor SVBR-75/100 cooled by plumbum-bismuth

Abstract

Currently the nuclear power (NP) development meets significant difficulties in many countries. First of all it relates to complicating and cost rising of nuclear power plants (NPPs) due to essential enhancing the safety requirements. The possibility and expediency of developing the NP based on unified small power reactor modules SVBR-75/100 with fast neutron reactors cooled by lead-bismuth eutectic alloy is substantiated for the nearest decades in the Paper. Based on those modules the following designs can be realized: renovating of the NPP units which operation term has been exhausted; regional nuclear heat power plants of 100 - 300 MW power which need near cities’ location; large power modular NPPs (~1000 MW) like US concept PRISM or Japanese concept 4S; nuclear power complexes for sea water desalinating in developing countries which meet non-proliferation requirements, reactors for plutonium utilization and minor actinides transmutation.

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Reference:

Advisory Group Meeting on “Design and Performance of Reactor and Sub-critical Blanket Systems with Lead and Lead-Bismuth as Coolant and/or Target Material” , Moscow, Russian Federation, 23-27 October 2000

International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)

IAEA-TECDOC--1348, pp:125-142