Economic Evaluation of Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor and Its Closed Fuel Cycle
The sodium cooled fast reactor is one of the six reactor types proposed by GIF's fourth generation nuclear power system,and it is also the fourth generation reactor type with the longest operating year in the world.Sodium cooled fast reactors have breeder and transmutation functions,which can effectively solve the problem of sustainable nuclear energy development.The China Experimental Fast Reactor project was completed and put into operation in 2011,and the construction of the demonstration fast reactor project developed on this basis has started.At present,the problem that restricts the development of fast reactor engineering is the issue of economic efficiency.This article studies the economic evaluation model and method applicable to sodium cooled fast reactors and their closed fuel cycles based on the characteristics of sodium cooled fast reactor technology and its role in the nuclear power system.
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