OREANDA-NEWS. May 26 2009 the Chinese Experimental Fast Reactor (CEFR) was filled with sodium. This operation is a preparatory stage for the fueling and commissioning of the reactor.

The start-up of the reactor is being carried out by specialists of Afrikantov OKBM, a company that, jointly with other Rosatom’s enterprises, has designed CEFR and manufactured and supplied equipment for it.

Note

Fast reactors are an innovative technology allowing to solve the urgent problems of effective use of uranium resources and safe treatment of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. China’s interest in fast reactor is part of its large-scale NPP construction program.

Russia is the leader in the field of development of the fast reactor technology: since 1980 it has operated the world’s first and biggest fast breeder reactor, BN-600 (Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant), and is presently building BN-800 reactor at the same plant.

Afrikantov OKBM is part of Atomenergoprom OJSC, a state-owned integrated holding consolidating the civil assets of Russia’s nuclear industry.