Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor: A Historical Overview and Future Outlook

A review is given of developments in the area of Gas-Cooled Fast Reactors (GCFR) in the period from roughly 1960 until 1980. During that period, the GCFR concept was expected to increase the breeding gain, the thermal efficiency of a nuclear power plant, and alleviate some of the problems associated...

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Published inScience and technology of nuclear installations Vol. 2009; no. 1
Main Author van Rooijen, W. F. G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2009
Hindawi Limited
Subjects
Design
Heat exchangers
Isotopes
Nuclear power plants
Reactors
Sustainable development
United States > US
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