SFR Safety Considerations in Light of the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Accident

The present study analyses the Japanese Government's report to the IAEA in June 2011 and the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency's report in March 2012 that identify lessons learned from technical and engineering viewpoints. The lessons learned are to be reflected on safety enhancement of sodium cooled fast reactors (SFRs). Safety design, accident phenomenology and accident management with respect to the Fukushima Dai-ichi accident are to be investigated through the perspective of the SFR specific features of safety. This is to ensure the SFR safety is discussed in light of the Fukushima Dai-ichi accident and lessons learned from the two reports are investigated and SFR safety considerations are extracted. (author)