Reactor with metallic fuel and lead-208 coolant
Journal: Nuclear Energy and Technology
Year: 2020

The paper considers the concept of a fast lead cooled 25MW reactor for a variety of applications, including incineration of minor actinides, production of medical radioisotopes, testing of radiation-damaged nuclear technology materials, etc. A specific feature of the proposed reactor is rather a high neutron flux of 2.6·10 15 n/(cm 2 ·s) at the core center, high average neutron energy of 0.95 MeV at the core center, and a large fraction (40%) of hard neutrons ( E n &amp;gt; 0.8 MeV). The extreme