International review on safety requirements for Monju

Nakai, Ryodai ; Saito, Shinzo; Yamaguchi, Akira*; Okamoto, Koji*; Kani, Yoshio*

In response to the lessons learned from the serious nuclear accidents at the TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Stations, the report "Safety Requirements Expected to the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor Monju" was issued taking into account the SFR specific safety characteristics. The report was reviewed by the leading international and domestic experts on SFR safety in order to obtain independent and objective evaluation. As a result the basic concept for prevention of severe accidents and mitigation of their consequences of Monju is appropriate in consideration of SFR specific safety characteristics, and is in accordance with international common understanding.