Some results of the work of the COMECON Scientific-Technical Coordinating Council on fast reactors

Conclusions

The experience of 6 years of work by the Council of Scientific-Technical Cooperation as well as the meetings of specialists have made it possible to determine the subject-matter for joint research on fast reactors with due account for the capabilities and interests of each country. Thanks to the contact between delegations of various countries at the CSTC sessions and at meetings it has been possible to effectively coordinate research and to find optimal solutions for particular problems. The work of the specialists has become more goal-oriented. The results of the work on individual problems are discussed at meeting of specialists from the COMECON member-countries.

The regular information prepared by the USSR on the operation of the BOR-60 and BN-350 reactors and on the development of the BN-600 is of great importance.

At its twelfth meeting, the CSTC established the subject on which efforts should be concentrated: the choice and substantiation of the principal technical solutions and parameters for the BN-1600, and the development of individual systems and equipment for this reactor, development and construction of reliable sodium-water steam generators, as well as instruments for monitoring the technological parameters of fast-neutron reactor plant.