- large-scale FBR
power stations were
liquid metal fast
breeder reactors (
LMFBR)
cooled by
liquid sodium.
These have been of one of two designs:: 43 Loop...
- A sodium-cooled fast
reactor is a fast
neutron reactor cooled by
liquid sodium. The
initials SFR in
particular refer to two
Generation IV
reactor proposals...
-
direction of
Walter Zinn for
Argonne National Laboratory. This
experimental LMFBR operated by the U.S.
Atomic Energy Commission produced 0.8 kW in a test...
-
reactor (AGCR),
built by the
United Kingdom, the
liquid metal cooled reactor (
LMFBR),
built by the
Russian Federation, the
Republic of France, and ****an, and...
- down in the
early 1970s in
favor of the
liquid metal fast-breeder
reactor (
LMFBR),
after which research stagnated in the
United States. As of 2011[update]...
-
flattening of
initial core
after start-up) FBTR 1985; in
operation India LMFBR, (pin ****emblies) 040000 40 MWt ThO2
blanket THTR-300 1985–1989 Germany...
- is
satisfied with the reactor's performance. The
reactor is a pool type
LMFBR with 1,750
tonnes of
sodium as coolant.
Designed to
generate 500 MWe of...
-
began in 1968, the same year as
construction began for the smaller-scale
LMFBR Phénix,
following the
abandonment of the graphite-gas designs. The fast...
-
Criticality Commercial Operation Start Permanent Shutdown Net
Gross Fermi 1
LMFBR 60 MW 69 MW 8/8/1956 8/23/1963 7/8/1966 11/29/1972
Fermi 2 BWR-4 1150 MW...
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reactor (
LMFBR) on the uranium-plutonium
cycle and a
thermal reactor on the thorium-233U cycle, the
molten salt
breeder reactor. The
LMFBR had a larger...