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Systematically research has been carried out on the demand of economic development for low-carbon clean energy and the opportunities faced by the development of nuclear power. A new generation of nuclear power technical index of “Inherent safety, Economics competitiveness, Environment-friendly, and Sustainability” has been formed, which provides guidance for the innovation and development of nuclear power technology. Considering the technical potential of various advanced reactor including the fourth-generation nuclear power system, inherently safe multi-purposed lead-cooled traveling wave reactor is proposed to solve the long-standing problems that have confronted nuclear power. The advanced reactor has attracted much attention because of their unique advantages in fuel supply issue, inherent safety, and economic efficiency. In this study, the main features of the advanced reactors are reviewed and current challenges in their development are pointed out. The advanced reactor obviates the fuel supply issues, including the nuclide enrichment, while making abundant natural uranium usable nuclear fuel. Each of these novel features is technologically separable, so that these new reactor design concepts can be also applied piecewise to enhance prospects in many different utilization circumstances.
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Zhang, Y., Yu, H., Xia, B., Li, W. (2023). Prospects for Next Generation Nuclear Power System. In: Liu, C. (eds) Proceedings of the 23rd Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference, Volume 3. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 285. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8899-8_80
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