Published 1990 | Version v1
Book

Core management experience of the experimental fast reactor JOYO

  • 1. Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp., Oarai, Ibaraki (Japan). Oarai Engineering Center

Description

The experimental fast reactor JOYO achieved initial criticality in April 1977. It is the first liquid metal cooled fast reactor in Japan. JOYO achieved the maximum design output of 100 MWt in 1983 and has been operated as a fuels and materials irradiation test facility for more than 7 years. Experience gained recently on core management is described in this paper, including a core modification for high burn-up. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
British Nuclear Energy Society.
Imprint Place
London (United Kingdom)
ISBN
0 7277 1566 6
Imprint Title
Fast reactor core and fuel structural behaviour
Imprint Pagination
326 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 299-306.

Conference

Title
International conference on fast reactor core and fuel structural behaviour.
Dates
4-6 Jun 1990.
Place
Inverness (United Kingdom).