Development of fast breeder reactor technology in Japan; Exploring substainable energy source for the next millennium

Suzuki, Soju

In view of the long-term energy security, the global warming prevention, the recent rapid rise of oil price etc., the time of Nuclear Power Renaissance has just come worldwide and the FBR is spotlighted again as a perspective technology leading the Renaissance. The Japan's approach to the commercialization of FBR is described briefly in this paper.