Chinese demonstration fast reactor

Figure 14.5 Core layout of the Chinese demonstration fast reactor. SA, subassembly.

Delayed almost 20 months, it is still waiting to win the approval of the State Planning Commission for the Chinese Experimental Fast Reactor (CEFR) project. Some meetings to demonstrate the necessity to execute now the program of the CEFR design and construction have been conducted in China. Fortunately the possitive conclusion has been obtained, which would be an important promotion to win the approval. 

Chapters 9 and 10 look towards the future. Chapter 9 describes the substantial advances in reactor design which have been made, covering the EFR design, the Russian BN-1600M, BN-800, BN-600M and BMN-170 options, the American ALMR, the Japanese DFBR and the Indian PFBR (all of which are in the category of prototype or demonstration reactors), and concludes with an important account of the design of the smaller Chinese CEFR-25 test reactor. Finally Chapter 10 reviews the prospects for development of fast reactors in the future. 

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