Abstract
This chapter describes the purpose of the FR and gives the history of research and development. It provides the reader with an understanding of how the requirements during the long period of research and development expanded from release from the uranium resource constraint to the reduction of environmental burden caused by high-level radioactive waste. This chapter also presents a general overview of the experience various nations have gained and how their circumstances have changed. This knowledge forms the premise for the determination of the plans and required functions that provide the starting points for system design.
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Yanagisawa, T. (2017). Purpose and History of Fast Reactors. In: Kasahara, N. (eds) Fast Reactor System Design. An Advanced Course in Nuclear Engineering, vol 8. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2821-2_2
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