Can
Fast Reactors be Built Fast Enough?
YEAR
IFRs WITH
BREEDING
IFRs STARTED
UP WITH LWR
ACTINIDES ONLY
LIFE
EXTENSION
+
ADVANCED
LWRs
CURRENT REACTORS
1000
2000
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
2030
2040
2050
2060
2070
0
Adapted
from Y.I. Chang,”Advanced Fast Reactor: A Next-Generation Nuclear Energy
Concept”, Forum on Physics & Society, American Physical Society, April 2002
LWR
=
Light Water
Reactor
Light Water
Reactor
IFR =
Integral
Fast Reactor
Fast Reactor
Expected
2020 electricity
demand
Actual
2005 electricity
consumption