Korea advanced liquid metal reactor (KALIMER)

The LMR design technology development project was approved as a national long-term R and D programme in 1992 by the Korea Atomic Energy Commission (KAEC), which decided to develop and construct a liquid metal cooled reactor (LMR). Based upon the KAEC decision, the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has been developing KALIMER (Korea Advanced Liquid Metal Reactor). The goal of the LMR design technology development project is to develop LMR design technologies necessary for the efficient utilization of uranium resources and reduction of high level wastes. The design objectives of the KALIMER are enhanced safety, competitive economics, proliferation resistance and environmental friendliness. Limited number of basic design methods, computer codes and sodium technologies had been developed before 1997, and the initial design concept was proposed through a feasibility study of various innovative design concepts. Through the revision of the long-term nuclear R and D plan, the scope of the LMR design technology development project was modified in January 1999 to focus on the development of LMR design technologies rather than to emphasize development of designs for construction. The LMR design technology development project has been carried out phase by phase as follows: -Phase 1 (July 1997 - March 2000) - Development of basic technology and preliminary conceptual design. - Phase 2 (April 2000 - March 2002) - Development of advanced basic technologies and conceptual design. Currently, the LMR design technology development project is in the last year of phase 3, and focuses on the development of the basic key technologies and advanced concepts