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Specifications Of Russia’s BN-1200 Fast Neutron Reactor Developed
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15 Jan (NucNet): The technical specifications for Russia’s Generation IV BN-1200 sodium-cooled fast neutron nuclear reactor have been developed and sent for an expert review, project developer Afrikantov Experimental Design Bureau for Mechanical Engineering (OKBM) has said.
Representation of the BN-1200 nuclear reactor (Source: Rosatom)
OKBM said it has completed the development of technical specifications for the project’s primary side, housing the nuclear reactor, and the secondary, non-nuclear side which contains the turbine. This includes project specifications about all systems and equipment, supported by results of experimental studies and calculations.

Alexey Vasyaev, head of the BN-1200 project at OKBM, said the fundamental technical specifications for the construction, communications and main system processes had been completed, as well as an economic evaluation of the project.

The next step in the project is to have the documentation examined by a technical expert committee of the joint scientific and technical council of the state nuclear corporation Rosatom and the nuclear operator, Rosenergoatom, OKBM said.

The results of the examination will be used to finalise the technical design of the BN-1200 in 2015 or 2016, after additional scientific research and development work is completed, OKBM said.

The BN-1200 is a Generation IV sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor which will be built at the Beloyarsk site in central Russia, near Yekaterinburg.

For those who don't understand. Creating a 5th gen closed cycle reactor will basically give you a nuclear reactor with no waste or very little ammounts which lifetime will be limited only by its desighn( Basically how long it will be able to opperate safely due to its constructional limitation). Consider it a realistic version of the all desired 'fusion reactor'. (Not in reaction type but energy generation/safety wise).

There is one existing, commercially operational sodium-cooled fast reactor at Beloyarsk, the BN-600, and another, the BN-800, which achieved first criticality in June 2014. Both are smaller versions of the BN-1200. There are also two permanently shut-down reactors at the site.

The Russian government said in November 2013 that if the BN-1200 design is successful, two reactors of this type will be built at a new nuclear station called South Ural, about 200 kilometres southeast of Yekaterinburg. The units could enter commercial operation before 2030.

In October 2014, Rosatom’s director-general Sergei Kiriyenko said construction of the BN-1200 will begin after 2020.



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• Construction Of Russia’s BN-1200 Fast Neutron Reactor To Start After 2020 (News in Brief No.334, 20 October 2014)

So apparently they will start building it from 2020.(So first one should be operational by 2025) A 2nd reactor is also planned under this project and its rumored to be a closed cycle nuclear reactor with bn-1200 at its core which technically means it will already be a 5th generation reactor. (Probably prototype for study)

We shouldn't have canceled R and D into nuclear energy after all of the fuss because of Fukushima. Russians are ahead in this tech by miles nowadays.

For those who don't understand. Building a 5th gen closed cycle reactor is basically as close as we can get nowadays to a safe/almost non-nuclear-waste 'fussion reactor'. Consider it a realistic version of it in a sense. (Not reaction wise but outcome wise) It should be limited only by constructional limitation (Basically how long it can be operated safely/how long can the machinery run).

[Typhoon]

Not surprising that Russia is taking the lead on this, they gained considerable experience operating liquid metal reactors in the Soviet navy.

I believe they already have an export success with this reactors predecessor as a BN-600 is being built in China.

[JohnRawls]

They are also gonna build a bn-1200 in China in the near future. They already have a contract.

Sad to see Japan, France and Germany falling behind in this field, not to mention the US.

[killim]

We already decided to drop out of the race shortly after the reunification. I approve however the news since it means that there might be a potential way to eliminate the nuclear waste through the 5th generation reactors.

[JohnRawls]

Indeed, they have an experimental one already planned for mid 2020s, hard to tell when (the 2nd bn1200)

[Rancid]

Wonderful. Hopefully they build this shit and show the world that nuclear power isn't a big deal.