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INTEGRAL FAST REACTOR [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
DEF

A fourth generation nuclear [reactor] design that provides a clean, inexhaustible source of power, cheap, with virtually no waste, inherently safe.

OBS

… if you remove the cooling, it shuts down (rather than melts down), and the added benefit that it consumes the nuclear waste from other nuclear plants …

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
DEF

Projet de réacteur […] à neutrons rapides, à combustible métallique et retraitement «intégré».

OBS

IFR : Integral Fast Reactor.

Spanish

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