• Generation IV (Gen IV) reactors are nuclear reactor design technologies that are envisioned as successors of generation III reactors. The Generation IV...
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    A generation II reactor is a design classification for a nuclear reactor, and refers to the class of commercial reactors built until the end of the 1990s...
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    Generation III reactors, or Gen III reactors, are a class of nuclear reactors designed to succeed Generation II reactors, incorporating evolutionary improvements...
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    sodium-cooled fast reactor is a fast neutron reactor cooled by liquid sodium. The initials SFR in particular refer to two Generation IV reactor proposals, one...
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    from the reactor pressure vessel to the turbine. Supercritical water reactor (SCWR) SCWRs are a Generation IV reactor concept where the reactor is operated...
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    The lead-cooled reactor design has been proposed as a generation IV reactor. Plans for future implementation of this type of reactor include modular arrangements...
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    power plant using a thorium fuel cycle in a breeder reactor. Increased research into Generation IV reactor designs renewed interest in the 21st century with...
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    The supercritical water reactor (SCWR) is a concept Generation IV reactor, designed as a light water reactor (LWR) that operates at supercritical pressure...
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    sulfur–iodine cycle. A proposed development of the HTGR is the Generation IV very-high-temperature reactor (VHTR) which would initially work with temperatures of...
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  • Fourth generation warfare, conflict characterized by a blurring of the lines between war and politics, soldier and civilian Generation IV reactor, a set...
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    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...
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    Fuel: MOX or Uranium (20%) Fast breeder reactor Fast neutron reactor Generation IV reactor "Generation IV & SMR". ansaldoenergia.com. "Nuclearelectrica...
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    gas-cooled fast reactor (GFR) system is a nuclear reactor design which is currently in development. Classed as a Generation IV reactor, it features a fast-neutron...
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    developing several generation IV reactor designs. The HTR-PM, a HTGR, is under construction. The HTR-PM is a descendant of the AVR reactor, and it is partly...
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    very-high-temperature reactor (VHTR), one of the six classes of nuclear reactors in the Generation IV initiative. The basic design features spherical fuel elements...
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    gas-cooled reactors (HTRs) Fast neutron reactors (FNRs) Accelerator driven reactors (ADS) Accelerator-driven subcritical reactor Generation IV reactor India's...
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    Russia portal Generation IV reactor BN-Reactor – reactor family from RussiaPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback BN-350 reactor – Deactivated...
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    IFR was a sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) is its closest surviving fast breeder reactor, a type of Generation IV reactor. The U.S. Department of Energy...
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  • The BREST reactor is a Russian conceptual design for a lead-cooled fast reactor based on a generation IV reactor. Two designs are planned, the BREST-300...
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  • HTR-PM (category Small modular reactor)
    a Chinese small modular nuclear reactor. It is a high-temperature gas-cooled (HTGR) pebble-bed generation IV reactor evolved from the HTR-10 prototype...
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  • metal. Liquid metal cooled reactors were first adapted for breeder reactor power generation. They have also been used to power nuclear submarines. Due to their...
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    by GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH). The S-PRISM represents GEH's Generation IV reactor solution to closing the nuclear fuel cycle and is also part of its...
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    with the twin goals of economical operation, while also meeting Generation IV reactor safety limits. The design features a breeding ratio of 1.15, surpassing...
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  • pebble-bed generation IV reactor partly based on the earlier HTR-10 prototype reactor. The reactor unit has a thermal capacity of 250 MW, and two reactors are...
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    TMSR-LF1 (category Graphite moderated reactors)
    detected, indicating successful nuclear breeding. The TMSR-LF1 is a Generation IV reactor constructed with the following specifications: Thermal power: 2MW...
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    conventional Generation IV reactor design: a uranium nitride fueled, lead-bismuth cooled reactor. They believed that using a liquid-metal-cooled fast reactor would...
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  • building, and operating Generation IV Small Modular Lead-cooled Fast Reactors (SMRs) using MOX fuel nuclear energy.This type of reactor just like the current...
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  • CFR-600 (category Fast-neutron reactors)
    It is a generation IV demonstration project by the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). Construction started in late 2017. These reactors are expected...
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  • reactors (MSR) and liquid metal cooled reactors. It is intended to reach the criteria for reactors of the Generation IV International Forum. The fuel can be...
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    The reactor is expected to operate up until 2040. Energy portal Nuclear technology portal Russia portal Generation IV reactor BN-Reactor – reactor family...
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