BNES international conference on fast reactor power stations: Conference report

At the Conference, held in London in March 1974, there were five plenary sessions devoted to past and current experience and to future plans for incorporating fast reactors into the electrical supply networks and there were six specialist sessions devoted to: steam generators; nuclear performance; core including fuel; control, dynamics and hydraulics; coolant management; and fuel handling and other mechanisms. The main points raised in the papers to the Conference are summarized and, in a final section, the writer makes his own assessment of the conclusions to be drawn from the information presented.