Research and Development Roadmaps for Liquid Metal Cooled Fast Reactors – Draft for Public Comment

Technical Report · Tue Jun 05 04:00:00 EDT 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1605679· OSTI ID:1605679

Kim, T. K. ^[1]; Grandy, C. ^[1]; Natesan, K ^[1]; Sienicki, J. ^[1]; Hill, R. ^[1]

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1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

This report provides the roadmaps for two fast reactor concepts, the Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) and the Lead-cooled Fast Reactor (LFR). The roadmaps are generic, i.e., not specific to a particular vendor’s design, but vendor design information may have been used as a representative of the concept family. The SFR technology is mature enough for commercial demonstration by the early 2030s, and the remaining key activities and R&D needs over the next five years are generally related to the completion of qualification of fuel and structural materials, validation of reactor design codes and methods, and support of the licensing frameworks. The LFR’s technology is instead less-mature and will be at the engineering demonstration stage by the early 2030s. Key LFR technology development activities for the acceleration of the engineering demonstration of the LFR will focus on resolving remaining design challenges and demonstrating the viability of systems and components in the integral system, which will be done in parallel with addressing the gaps shared with SFR technology. As discussed in the Advanced Demonstration and Test Reactor Options Study, the R&D approaches and timelines presented here assume that, for the first module demonstration, vendors would pursue a two-step licensing process based on 10CFR Part 50.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 1605679
• Report Number(s): ANL/ART--88-Rev.02; 144649
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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