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Conference Article: The development of demonstration fast breeder reactor (DFBR)

Nakamura, T.; Inagaki, T. (Japan Atomic Power Co., Tokyo (Japan)); Shibata, Y. (Hitachi Ltd, Hitachi (Japan)); Tarutani, K. (Toshiba Corp., Tokyo (Japan)); Okada, K. (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd, Yokohama (Japan))

Abstract

The demonstration fast breeder reactor (DFBR) has been under development as the essential step toward the commercialization of the Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR) around 2030. The Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPC) finished the conceptual design study of DFBR in 1993 under a contract awarded by nine electric power companies and Electric Power Development Co. Ltd. Based on its results, these utilities have decided that the DFBR will be a top entry loop-type reactor with electricity output of 660MWe. The design targets of the DFBR have been set from the viewpoints of safety, plant construction cost, power generation cost, maintainability and plant repairability. This paper outlines the conceptual design of the DFBR.

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key words: Fast Neutron Spectrum Systems, Nuclear Technology
Reference:
Conceptual designs of advanced fast reactors.Technical committee meeting, Kalpakkam (India). 3-6 Oct 1995
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
IAEA-TECDOC--907, pp:59-70