| 31. | S-PRISM is a commercial implementation of the Integral Fast Reactor developed by Argonne National Laboratory between 1984 and 1994.
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| 32. | To maximize the rate at which fast reactors can be deployed, they can be operated in maximum breeding mode.
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| 33. | In pyrometallurgical fast reactors, the separated plutonium and uranium are contaminated by actinides and cannot be used for nuclear weapons.
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| 34. | A fast reactor uses no moderator, but relies on fission produced by unmoderated fast neutrons to sustain the chain reaction.
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| 35. | The concept is generally very similar to sodium-cooled fast reactor, and most liquid-metal reactors have used sodium instead of lead.
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| 36. | AERE opted to focus on a lead-cooled 2.5 GWe Molten Salt Fast Reactor ( MSFR ) concept using a chloride.
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| 37. | This became less urgent with reduced demand forecasts and increased uranium supplies, and commercial deployment of fast reactors was postponed.
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| 38. | To the extent that fuel is reprocessed on-site, as proposed for the Integral Fast Reactor, opportunities for diversion are further limited.
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| 39. | In 1962, it became the first fast reactor in the world to supply electricity to a national grid, proving the concept.
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| 40. | Liquid metal cooling is also used in most fast neutron reactors including fast breeder reactors such as the Integral Fast Reactor.
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