ALFRED (Advanced Lead-cooled Fast Reactor European Demonstrator) is a planned
lead-cooled fast reactor
The lead-cooled fast reactor is a nuclear reactor design that features a fast neutron spectrum and molten lead or lead-bismuth eutectic coolant.
Molten lead or lead-bismuth eutectic can be used as the primary coolant because especially lead, and ...
. Designed by Ansaldo Energia from Italy, it represents the last stage of the ELSY and LEADER projects.
[https://world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclearelectrica-to-cooperate-in-development-of-AL]
Technical data
* Thermal power: 300 MW
* Electrical power: 125 MW
* Spectrum: Fast
* Coolant: Lead
* Average lead coolant temperature: on entry, on exit of the steam generator.
* Fuel: MOX
See also
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Fast breeder reactor
A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates more fissile material than it consumes. Breeder reactors achieve this because their neutron economy is high enough to create more fissile fuel than they use, by irradiation of a fertile mate ...
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Fast neutron reactor
A fast-neutron reactor (FNR) or fast-spectrum reactor or simply a fast reactor is a category of nuclear reactor in which the fission chain reaction is sustained by fast neutrons (carrying energies above 1 MeV or greater, on average), as opposed t ...
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Generation IV reactor
Generation IV reactors (Gen IV) are six nuclear reactor designs recognized by the Generation IV International Forum. The designs target improved safety, sustainability, efficiency, and cost.
The most developed Gen IV reactor design is the sodium ...
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