Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Engineering [antikvár]

FOREWORDSodium-cooled fast-reactor development programs in several countries have reached a stage where there is confidence that, for the important role which nuclear power is expected to play in electricity generation in the latter part of the century, economic, high-performance, fast breeder reactors will be available.It is evident that industrial fast reactors cannot be successfully built without going through the demonstration phase. The prototype fast reactors being built or designed at the present time must be considered as large-scale, expensive experiments to demonstrate to the utility industry the safety, operability, reliability and potential economy of future industrial fast reactors. A basic requirement is the development of a firm component technology that will support commercial power plants of the Liquid-Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) type.To review the present state of knowledge in fast reactor technology, the International Atomic Energy Agency held a Symposium on Progress in Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Engineering in Monaco on 23-27 March 1970. Two hundred and ninety scientists and specialists, representing 23 countries and six international organizations, attended the meeting. Fifty-two papers were presented.Discussions at the Symposium and films shown during the meeting made it clear that component development in different countries is being successfully directed to meet the needs of a rapidly developing LMFBR industry.The Agency wishes to thank the authors and participants for their contributions, the Chairmen of sessions for organizing lively discussions, the authorities of the Principality of Monaco for their hospitality, and French authorities for organizing a technical visit for participants to the Nuclear Research Centre of CEN Cadarache.