A'Fast'Approach to Net Zero

摘要

1.Fast reactor systems offer opportunities to increase options around the sustainability of future nuclear energy generation. Variants have operated across the globe since 1949 at experimental, prototype, and commercial scales.2.The UK has a strong history with fast reactors, having had a domestic Fast Reactor Programme for 40 years. This culminated in the operation of two fast reactors at Dounreay, as well as a significant number of ancillary research and support facilities hosted across the UK.3.Today, fast reactor systems are being reinvigorated as an option to support the UK's transition to a sustainable clean energy landscape. Being technologically advanced and well-developed, fast reactor concepts could help to decarbonise the UK energy system.4.The Advanced Fuel Cycle Programme (AFCP) is developing domestic capability, facilities, and skills to position the UK ready to fuel any future fast reactor systems on the path to net zero.