October 15, 2009
China Buys Two 880 MWe Fast Neutron Nuclear Reactors from Russia
Posted by: admin : Category: Technology
Background information on fast neutron reactors.
India should have fast breeder reactor operating in 2011.
A 500 MWe prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR) is under construction at Kalpakkam and is expected to be operating in 2011, fuelled with uranium-plutonium oxide or carbide. It will have a blanket with thorium and uranium to breed fissile U-233 and plutonium respectively. Initial FBRs will have mixed oxide fuel but these will be followed by metallic fuelled ones to enable shorter doubling time.
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