Removing the heat from fast reactor cores

Whatever the view about the time when fast breeder reactors will reach the commercial and industrial stage, there is a growing and widespread interest in developing their technology. The reactors are called breeders because they can produce more fissile material than they use in their own cores. As part of an Agency programme related to their technology and economics a symposium on Alkali Metal Coolants - Corrosion Studies and System Operating Experience was held in Vienna from 28 November to 2 December.