Technology Advances in Fast Reactors and Accelerator Driven Systems
Coordinated R&D, Knowledge Preservation and Information Exchange
For nuclear energy to remain a long term option in the world’s energy mix, nuclear power technology development must meet sustainability goals with regard to fissile resources and waste management. The utilization of breeding to secure long term fuel supply remains the ultimate goal of fast reactor development. Plutonium recycle in fast reactors, as well as incineration/transmutation of minor actinides and long lived fission products in various hybrid reactor systems (e.g. accelerator driven systems, and fusion-fission hybrids) also offer promising waste management options. Several R&D programmes in various Member States are actively pursuing these options, along with the energy production and breeding mission of fast reactor systems. With this project, the Agency assists Member State activities by providing an umbrella for information exchange and collaborative R&D to pool resources and expertise.
Technical Working Group on Fast Reactors (TWG-FR)
Coordinated Research Projects
Educational & Reference Materials
DT-Plasma Driven Sub-Critical Systems
Meetings
Information Base
- Fast Reactor Database
- Accelerator Driven Systems Database - new: open guest access!!
- INIS Bibliographic Database
(subscription service)
Fast Reactor Data Retrieval and Knowledge Preservation
- IAEA Initiative: Fast Reactor Data Retrieval and Knowledge Preservation
- TM on "Operational & Decommissioning Experience with Fast Reactors" (Cadarache, France, 11-15 March 2002) [PDF 41MB]
- Project Foci
Related Information
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39th TWG-FR Meeting in Beijing, May 2006