The Gas Cooled Fast Reactor (GCFR) is one of the six promising technologies selected by the Generation IV International Forum (GIF). This presentation summarizes the main advantages and drawbacks of GFRs and the key design and safety issues as well as the related research and development programs.
Alfredo Vasile earned a Master of Physics Degree at the Balseiro Institut (CNEA, Argentine) and his Doctorate in Nuclear Engineering at the Grenoble University (France) in 1977. He joined CEA in 1981 working at the RAPSODIE sodium cooled experimental fast reactor at Cadarache. He has held laboratory head positions on core physics and safety studies both for light water reactors and fast reactors. Dr. Vasile participated at the Gen IV Roadmap definition process as a member of the Light Water Reactors Technical Group and was the French representative of the INPRO Steering Technical Committee for the Joint Study on Closed Nuclear Fuel Cycle with Fast Reactors. He is presently project manager of the ESNII Plus European Project on fast reactors, the French representative at the IAEA Technical Working Group on Fast Reactors, GIF GFR Steering Committee, GIF GFR Conceptual Design and Safety and GIF SFR Safety and Operation Project Management Boards. Dr. Vasile also serves as the CEA representative for the ALLEGRO GFR experimental reactor project.
15 июл 2024
