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Merging EBR-I and EBR-II articles would not make a lot of sense. The reactors were radically different in technology, scale and duration of operation. EBR-I was a pure science experiment while EBR-II was a technology demonstrator for the IFR concept.
Article currently reads in part The Nuclear Energy division of General Electric, which was involved in the development of the IFR, has presented a design for a commercial version of the IFR: the S-PRISM reactor.
S-PRISM does build on some of the work of EBR-2, but not on the IFR work. The I stands for Integral, and essential to this concept is the onsite electrorefining and pyroprocessing. The other unique thing about EBR-2, its unique metallic fuel that provided a third stage of sodium coolant, isn't mentioned in our article on S-PRISM. Metallic fuel is also essential to the IFR concept. The three-stage coolant perhaps less so.
So to call this a commercial version of the IFR needs a source at least, and is probably promotional rubbish. Andrewa ( talk) 16:32, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
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Merging EBR-I and EBR-II articles would not make a lot of sense. The reactors were radically different in technology, scale and duration of operation. EBR-I was a pure science experiment while EBR-II was a technology demonstrator for the IFR concept.
Article currently reads in part The Nuclear Energy division of General Electric, which was involved in the development of the IFR, has presented a design for a commercial version of the IFR: the S-PRISM reactor.
S-PRISM does build on some of the work of EBR-2, but not on the IFR work. The I stands for Integral, and essential to this concept is the onsite electrorefining and pyroprocessing. The other unique thing about EBR-2, its unique metallic fuel that provided a third stage of sodium coolant, isn't mentioned in our article on S-PRISM. Metallic fuel is also essential to the IFR concept. The three-stage coolant perhaps less so.
So to call this a commercial version of the IFR needs a source at least, and is probably promotional rubbish. Andrewa ( talk) 16:32, 8 February 2021 (UTC)