They said the $ 20 million spent was a pittance compared with what is spent on other energy programs, like nuclear fast breeder reactors.
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The fast breeder reactor, part of France's ambitious nuclear industry that generates about 75 percent of the nation's power, has been plagued by leaks.
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According to JCO, they only began processing the material to make fuel for a fast breeder reactor on September 22, after a three-year break.
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The company was criticized today for failing to improve on disclosure since the accident at its Monju experimental fast breeder reactor in December 1995.
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The SFR is a project that builds on two closely related existing projects, the liquid metal fast breeder reactor and the integral fast reactor.
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The centre is engaged in broad-based multidisciplinary programme of scientific research and advanced engineering directed towards the development of Fast Breeder Reactor technology, in India.
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MHI has also been selected as the core company to develop a new generation of Fast Breeder Reactors ( FBR ) by the Japanese government.
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ARD had the development contract for the planned Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor ( LMFBR ) project at Clinch River, Tennessee, near the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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Plans are for 200 GWs installed by 2030 which will include a large shift to Fast Breeder reactor and 1500 GWs by the end of this century.
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Energy-poor Japan has aggressively pursued plutonium as an energy source by sending nuclear waste to Europe for reprocessing into plutonium and building fast breeder reactors in Japan.
