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OECD NEA meeting focuses on irradiation experiments
Members of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency’s Second Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES-II) joint undertaking gathered from September 29 to October 3 in Ketchum, Idaho, for the technical advisory group and governing board meetings hosted by Idaho National Laboratory. The FIDES-II Framework aims to ensure and foster competences in experimental nuclear fuel and structural materials in-reactor experiments through a diverse set of Joint Experimental Programs (JEEPs).
Tadao Takahashi, Osamu Yamaguchi, Tetsuo Kobori
Nuclear Technology | Volume 89 | Number 2 | February 1990 | Pages 162-176
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT90-A34343
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Monju, a prototype fast breeder reactor, is now under construction in Japan. Following erection of the reactor containment vessel, construction of the reactor system has begun in parallel with construction of the auxiliary systems and plant buildings. The overall Monju project is described, including project organization, key design features, manufacture of the main components, and construction.
