ASTRID (Advanced Sodium Technological Reactor for Industrial Demonstration)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/ASTRID_(Advanced_Sodium_Technological_Reactor_for_Industrial_Demonstration)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf nuclear reactor project
gptkbp:cancellationDate 2019
gptkbp:coolingSystem liquid sodium
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:CEA_(French_Alternative_Energies_and_Atomic_Energy_Commission)
gptkbp:fuelType MOX (mixed oxide fuel)
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:French_government
gptkbp:generation gptkb:Generation_IV
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label ASTRID (Advanced Sodium Technological Reactor for Industrial Demonstration)
gptkbp:intendedStartOfConstruction 2020s
gptkbp:intendedStartOfOperation 2030s
gptkbp:location gptkb:Marcoule,_France
gptkbp:plannedElectricalPower about 600 MWe
gptkbp:plannedThermalPower 600 MWth
gptkbp:purpose demonstration of Generation IV reactor technology
industrial demonstration
gptkbp:reactorType sodium-cooled fast reactor
gptkbp:researchInterest improved safety features
waste minimization
transmutation of minor actinides
gptkbp:status cancelled
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Phénix_reactor
gptkb:Superphénix_reactor
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cadarache_Research_Centre
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7