Current Status of R&D for FBR Cycle System in Japan

Namba, Takashi; Sagayama, Yutaka 

Being one of the responsible countries for conservation of the global environment and a long-term stable supply of energy, Japan, which has more than 30% of nuclear contribution to the domestic electricity, advances the research and development of fuel cycle technologies that relate to the fast breeder reactor systems. Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC) started the Feasibility Study on Commercialized FR Cycle Systems (FS) in Japanese fiscal year (JFY) 1999 in cooperation with electric power companies and related organizations in order to declare the promising concepts for commercialized FR cycle system and the course to be traced for its practical use as future energy supply.