Experience with, and Programme of, FBR and HWR Development in Japan

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飯田 正美*; 澤井 定*; 野本 昭二*

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Experience with, and programme of, FBR and HWR development in Japan. Nuclear power generation in Japan is moving forward on the long-term development programme of nuclear power from the LWR to the FBR, essentially in the same way as in other advanced nuclear countries. In this development programme the unique HWR is also included; It can use plutonium produced in LWRS together with depleted uranium before the introduction of commercial FBRs. This report describes the status of the FBR and HWR development project being carried out by the power reactor and nuclear fuel development corporation (PNC) based upon the long-term programme on research, development and utilization of nuclear energy in Japan. Operational experience and technical results are shown for the experimental fast reactor Joyo (100 MW(th)), which reached initial criticality in 1977. The status of the 280 MW(e) prototype reactor Monju, under constructionas of 1982, is described. The conceptual design of the subsequent 1000MW(e) ...