• Generation IV (Gen IV) reactors are nuclear reactor design technologies that are envisioned as successors of generation III reactors. The Generation IV...
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    A generation II reactor is a design classification for a nuclear reactor, and refers to the class of commercial reactors built until the end of the 1990s...
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    Generation III reactors, or Gen III reactors, are a class of nuclear reactors designed to succeed Generation II reactors, incorporating evolutionary improvements...
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    from the reactor pressure vessel to the turbine. Supercritical water reactor (SCWR) SCWRs are a Generation IV reactor concept where the reactor is operated...
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    sodium-cooled fast reactor is a fast neutron reactor cooled by liquid sodium. The initials SFR in particular refer to two Generation IV reactor proposals, one...
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  • The BREST reactor is a Russian conceptual design for a lead-cooled fast reactor based on a generation IV reactor. Two designs are planned, the BREST-300...
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    The supercritical water reactor (SCWR) is a concept Generation IV reactor, designed as a light water reactor (LWR) that operates at supercritical pressure...
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    sulfur–iodine cycle. A proposed development of the HGTR is the Generation IV very-high-temperature reactor (VHTR) which would initially work with temperatures of...
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    with the twin goals of economical operation, while also meeting Generation IV reactor safety limits. It uses a simpler fueling procedure and has an extended...
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    The lead-cooled reactor design has been proposed as a generation IV reactor. Plans for future implementation of this type of reactor include modular arrangements...
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    power plant using a thorium fuel cycle in a breeder reactor. Increased research into Generation IV reactor designs renewed interest in the 21st century with...
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  • Fourth generation warfare, conflict characterized by a blurring of the lines between war and politics, soldier and civilian Generation IV reactor, a set...
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    Russia portal Generation IV reactor BN-Reactor – reactor family from RussiaPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback BN-350 reactor – Deactivated...
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    A fast-neutron reactor (FNR) or fast-spectrum reactor or simply a fast reactor is a category of nuclear reactor in which the fission chain reaction is...
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    very-high-temperature reactor (VHTR), one of the six classes of nuclear reactors in the Generation IV initiative. The basic design features spherical fuel elements...
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  • HTR-PM (category Small modular reactor)
    a Chinese small modular nuclear reactor. It is a high-temperature gas-cooled (HTGR) pebble-bed generation IV reactor evolved from the HTR-10 prototype...
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    developing several generation IV reactor designs. The HTR-PM, a HTGR, is under construction. The HTR-PM is a descendant of the AVR reactor, and it is partly...
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    gas-cooled fast reactor (GFR) system is a nuclear reactor design which is currently in development. Classed as a Generation IV reactor, it features a fast-neutron...
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  • part of a light water reactor design, other proposals have been made that incorporate an ADS into other generation IV reactor concepts.[citation needed]...
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  • metal. Liquid metal cooled reactors were first adapted for breeder reactor power generation. They have also been used to power nuclear submarines. Due to their...
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    Three of the proposed generation IV reactor types are FBRs: Gas-cooled fast reactor cooled by helium. Sodium-cooled fast reactor based on the existing...
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    The reactor has been licensed to operate up to 2025. Energy portal Nuclear technology portal Russia portal Generation IV reactor BN-Reactor – reactor family...
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  • International Reactor Innovative and Secure (IRIS) is a Generation IV reactor design made by an international team of companies, laboratories, and universities...
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  • The advanced heavy-water reactor (AHWR) or AHWR-300 is the latest Indian design for a next-generation nuclear reactor that burns thorium in its fuel core...
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  • the steam generator. Fuel: MOX Fast breeder reactor Fast neutron reactor Generation IV reactor "Generation IV & SMR". www.ansaldoenergia.com. "Nuclearelectrica...
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    include: generation IV, thermal-neutron reactors, fast-neutron reactors, molten salt, and gas-cooled reactor models. Military specified small reactors were...
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    TMSR-LF1 (category Graphite moderated reactors)
    first achieved in October of that same year. The TMSR-LF1 is a Generation IV reactor constructed with the following specifications: Thermal power: 2MW...
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    reactor designs, Generation III reactors promise to be at least 17% more fuel efficient, and have lower capital costs, while Generation IV reactors promise...
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  • Lead-bismuth eutectic (category Nuclear reactor coolants)
    coolant in some nuclear reactors, and is a proposed coolant for the lead-cooled fast reactor, part of the Generation IV reactor initiative. It has a melting...
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    before completion. The proposed Generation IV sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) is its closest surviving fast breeder reactor design. Other countries have...
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