The design of seismic isolated demonstration FBR plant
- Japan Atomic Power Co., Tokyo (Japan)
- Toshiba Corp., Tokyo (Japan)
- Hitachi Ltd. (Japan)
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Yokohama (Japan)
- Fuji Electric Co. Ltd., Kawasaki (Japan)
The demonstration fast breeder reactor (DFBR) has been under development as an essential step toward the commercialization of the fast breeder reactor (FBR) around the year 2030. The Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPC) has completed the conceptual design of the DFBR, based on which the Japanese utilities have decided that the DFBR will be a top-entry loop-type reactor with electricity output of 660 MWe and a horizontal seismic isolated plant, which will reduce the horizontal seismic load on the building and components and thus reduce the amount of plant materials. The design study on optimization of the DFBR plant was started in 1994. The purpose of this study is to reduce the plant construction cost, to use additional measures to increase core safety, to assess the robustness required for the containment facility, and to gauge the potential for licensing the horizontal seismic isolation plant. This paper outlines the design concept of the seismic isolation DFBR.
- OSTI ID:
- 271898
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960306-; ISBN 0-7918-1226-X; TRN: 96:017207
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ICONE 4: ASME/JSME international conference on nuclear engineering, New Orleans, LA (United States), 10-13 Mar 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of ICONE-4: Proceedings. Volume 1 -- Part B: Basic technological advances; Rao, A.S. [ed.] [General Electric Nuclear Energy, San Jose, CA (United States)]; Duffey, R.B. [ed.] [Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)]; Elias, D. [ed.] [Commonwealth Edison, Downers Grove, IL (United States)]; PB: 564 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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