FAST: Generation-IV nuclear reactors with a fast neutron spectrum

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We launched the project in 2002 and our current goals are:
 
  • to study neutronics and nucleonics, thermal hydraulics and fuel behaviour of advanced fast-spectrum nuclear reactors using modern computational tools: TRACE/PARCS/FRED, Eranos/EQL3D, Serpent 2, OpenFOAM;
  • to evaluate safety of fast reactors developed in Europe, in particular, European Sodium Fast Reactor (ESFR);
  • to analyse innovative design solutions for Generation-IV Molten Salt Reactor;
  • to represent Switzerland internationally at GIF, IAEA, OECD, EURATOM;
  • to educate young researchers and students, in particular, via the ETHZ/EPFL Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering and EPFL PhD programs.
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November 1, 2021

New issue 02/2021 of the magazine Involved of the association for Switzerland's mechanical and electrical engineering industries SWISSMEM was released. The magazine Involved appears twice a year and address the exciting world of Swiss industry. The latest issue includes part dedicated to “harness of the elementary particles power”. In three distinguished parts, three experts address possibility to use particles for medical purpose, for exact clocks, and for energy production are addressed.

«involved» - Entdecken Sie die Vielfalt der Schweizer Industrie - Swissmem
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September 24, 2021

Preprint of the Technical Reports Series TRS-489 on the Status of Molten Salt Reactor Technology was released by IAEA. The final publication is expected next year.  The responsible officers were Gerardo Martinez-Guridi and Frederic Reitsma. Especially thanks to the editorial and accelerating involvement of the first named the TRS was released in relatively very short time. The document include taxonomy of Molten Salt Reactors, for which PSI expert Jiri Krepel was one of the major co-developer.

Status of Molten Salt Reactor Technology|INIS (iaea.org)
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March 11, 2021

After finishing of the Molten Chloride Fast Reactors (MCFR) chapter for Elsevier Encyclopedia of Nuclear Energy last year, Jiri Krepel was invited to contribute another chapter to the same encyclopedia dedicated to the sustainability and reactor physics issues of nuclear fuel cycle closing in advanced reactors. The ANS group has more than 15 years of experience in closed fuel cycle simulation and analysis and belong so to one of the world leading competence centers in this area. The general insight and knowledge, together with the results from E.

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