Published August 2009 | Version v1
Miscellaneous

Current status of Monju and effort on maintenance

  • 1. Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tsuruga, Fukui (Japan)

Description

Prototype fast breeder reactor 'Monju' attained the first critical on April 5th in 1994. The sodium leak accident in a secondary main cooling system was occurred during power rise examination on December 8th in 1995, and the 'Monju' has stopped after that. Various efforts such as reconstruction of the secondary cooling system and following verifications on integrity of components and facilities are continued towards the early restart up of the 'Monju' at present. The current status and efforts on maintenance of the 'Monju' are described. (author)

Part of:
Proceedings of the 6th annual meeting of Japan Society of Maintenology

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (Japanese)
Nippon hozen gakkai dai-6-kai gakujutsu koenkai yoshishu

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 6th annual meeting of Japan Society of Maintenology
Imprint Pagination
601 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 107-110

Conference

Title
6. annual meeting of Japan Society of Maintenology
Dates
3-5 Aug 2009
Place
Sapporo, Hokkaido (Japan)

Optional Information

Notes
7 refs. Imprint:Nippon hozen gakkai dai-6-kai gakujutsu koenkai yoshishu