Experimental Breeder Reactor II (EBR II), prototype to the US Integral Fast Reactor. Unfortunately, fast reactors have the disadvantages of being more expensive than LWRs and the challenges of ...

The use of salts as coolant would however continue worldwide, mostly for fast neutron reactors, with examples like the Russian BN-series of sodium-cooled, fast neutron reactors being prime example ...

as a company to play the core role in developing a next-generation nuclear reactor with a demonstration sodium-cooled fast reactor slated to begin operation in the 2040s. The government ...

Scientists at the United States Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have announced a breakthrough for the world’s first critical ...