Fast reactors cooled by liquid sodium offer significant advantages in breeding capability and thermal efficiency, but they introduce unique safety challenges associated with sodium’s high chemical ...

The Generation IV International Forum (GIF) and the IAEA are collaborating and sharing information in selected areas, including the safety of Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors (SFR) and in particular the ...

The scope of this first Joint Workshop between the IAEA and the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) covers various national Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) operational and safety approaches. The ...

The US Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy has announced a significant upgrade to Argonne National Laboratory's liquid metal test loop for sodium-cooled fast reactors - the largest such ...

A French company is taking a key step in the development of its sodium-cooled, high-temperature small modular reactor (SMR). For this, Blue Capsule has started the construction of a new full-sized ...

[Platts, 21 December] France will construct a sodium-cooled fast reactor by 2020, the government's Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (Atomic Energy Commission, CEA) announced. A final go-ahead ...

Just over a year ago, the Trump Administration issued an executive order meant to accelerate the development of nuclear power in the US. While an entire startup ecosystem has developed around the use ...

China’s ambitious plan to dramatically pull back from fossil fuels is perhaps most evident in the explosive growth of its nuclear energy program. The latest news suggests China may be tantalizingly ...