WORLD LIQUID METAL COOLED FAST REACTORS

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WORLD LIQUID METAL COOLED FAST REACTORS
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U.S. LMR History

• 1946 Clementine (1-25kW), was the first fast
  reactor. It was developed at Los Alamos to
  provide
• a source of fast neutrons for experiments. It
  demonstrated the feasibility of Pu as a fuel.
• 1951 EBR- I 1 MW(t), 200 kW (e), was
  designed by ANL to demonstrate fast reactor
  breeding
• and prove the use of liquid-metal coolants.
• 1961 Lampre-I 1 MW, was designed by Los
  Alamos as a facility to study molten- plutonium
  fuels.
• 1963 Enrico Fermi 200 MW (t), 66 MW (e), was
  the first large fast reactor power plant
• in the U.S. The program was carried out by a
  group of utilities and industrial firms.
• 1964-1992 EBR-II 62.5 MW(t), 20 MW(e), was
  designed by ANL to demonstrate the feasibility
• of a high temperature plutonium-fueled fast
  reactor. A major feature was the demonstration
  of
• on-site fuel reprocessing and fabrication.
  The fuel cycle utilized pyrometallurgical
  processing.
• Incomplete decontamination, associated with
  the process necessitates the use of
  remote-control
• procedures for the fabrication of new fuel
  elements from the processed product.
• 1966 SEFOR was designed by GE to demonstrate
  that the Doppler effect would operate to
  terminate
• reactivity insertions making the safe
  operation of a mixed oxide fueled Fast Reactor
  feasible.

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EBR-II Primary System (Core, Pump, and IHX
Control and Refueling System)
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EBR-II Reactor Plant, Power Plant, and Fuel Cycle
Facility