[NukeNet] Sodium cooled fast reactors

[Dolph Honicker]

US,France,Japan sign MOU on sodium-cooled fast reactor technology



London (Platts)--4Feb2008The US, France and Japan have signed an MOU that expands their cooperation 
on the development of sodium-cooled fast reactor technology. 

The US DOE reported February 1 that the memorandum of understanding 
establishes a collaborative framework aimed at the deployment of sodium-
cooled fast reactor prototypes. No target date for deployment was given. 
These countries already cooperate as part of DOE's Global Nuclear Energy 
Partnership, aimed at closing the nuclear fuel cycle through the use of 
advanced reprocessing and fast reactor technologies, as well as DOE's 
Generation IV International Forum for the development of next-generation 
reactor technologies. 

France's Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique added in a February 1 statement
that the three are committed to developing fast reactor prototypes to meet
their own national programs' objectives and have agreed to avoid duplicating
work on sodium-cooled fast reactor technology, allowing them to optimize use
of their resources. A steering committee has been created to coordinate work
defined by the MOU, it said.  
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