A steel reactor base plate and the lower tier of the containment has been installed in what is being called a landmark moment for construction of the BREST-OD-300 generation IV fast neutron reactor ..

The structure surrounding ... high-energy neutrons, thus sustaining the nuclear chain reaction. The neutrons from uranium 235 have kinetic energy on the order of a few MeV (so-called fast neutrons).

The third and final tier of the reactor containment structure has been installed at the construction site of the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast neutron reactor at the Siberian Chemical Combine site in ...

So why would you want your fuel to be fluid rather than a solid pellet like in most reactors today? Aircraft Reactor Experiment. General diagram ... mostly for fast neutron reactors, with ...

About two months before, the magazine also reported that the world's largest multi-purpose sodium-cooled fast neutron ... structure and reduce the burden of nuclear waste. Thus, the fast reactor ...

Global interest in fast reactors has been growing since their inception in 1960 because they can provide efficient, safe and sustainable energy. Their closed fuel cycle can support long-term nuclear ...

Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has announced a significant breakthrough in the decommissioning of fast neutron nuclear reactors with the development of a new technology for processing ...