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MHI Selected as Core Company in Charge of Design and Development of Government-Promoted Demonstration Fast Reactor

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
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Will Undertake Conceptual Design and R&D of Sodium Fast Reactor, Toward Operation in 2040s

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  • Will Undertake Conceptual Design and R&D of Sodium Fast Reactor, Toward Operation in 2040s
    TOKYO, July 12, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has been selected as the core company in charge of the conceptual design of an demonstration fast reactor which the Japanese Government aims to place into operation in the 2040s.
  • MHI will oversee both the conceptual design as well as research and development (R&D) for the sodium-cooled fast reactor in partnership with Mitsubishi FBR Systems, Inc. (MFBR), an MHI Group engineering company that handles the development and design of fast reactors.
  • In 2007, MHI was selected as the core company in charge of a research program which was focused on the practice uses of fast reactors.
  • These activities will enable faster reactor development and the establishment of in-house sodium testing facilities necessary for reactor R&D.