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India’s PFBR attains criticality at last
Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed it “a proud moment for India” when on April 6 the 500-MWe, sodium-cooled Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achieved initial criticality. This milestone, which comes some 22 years after the continually delayed PFBR project began, marks India’s entrance into the second stage of its three-stage nuclear program, which has the ultimate goal of supporting the country’s nuclear power program with its significant thorium reserves.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by FCWMD
Tuesday, June 9, 2020|4:35–6:20PM EDT|4
Session Chair:
Sven O. Bader
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Steven P. Nesbit
Staff Producer:
John Fabian (American Nuclear Society)
With the lack of political progress on a repository for HLW, this panel will take the opportunity to focus on the waste streams the U.S. nuclear complex (industry + government) does have waste disposal solutions for and will provide the current status of these disposal facilities. Hopefully through this discussion, the path towards success for a HLW repository will become evident. In addition, an update on the current status of the HLW repository program in the U.S. will be provided.
Sean Dunagan
Nuclear Waste Partnership (President, WIPP Operator)
David Carlson
Waste Control Specialists (President & COO)
Chip Martin
former Chief Nuclear Officer of NNSS (formerly NTS)
Vern Rogers
Energy Solutions
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