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The Integral Fast Reactor
Nuclear Technology / Volume 88 / Number 2 / November 1989 / Pages 129-138
Technical Paper / NSF Workshop on the Research Needs of the Next Generation Nuclear Power Technology / Fission Reactor / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT88-129
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The Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) is an innovative liquid-metal reactor concept being developed at Argonne National Laboratory. It seeks to exploit the inherent properties of liquid-metal cooling and metallic fuel in a way that leads to substantial improvements in the characteristics of the complete reactor system. The key technical features and potential advantages of the IFR concept, its technology status, and its future research and development requirements are described.
