Contentful ID
1610bac6-78e1-41a5-b25c-299c7e0ffd39-draft
Company Values
Entity Description
A French public, government-funded research organization that conducts research and development in the areas of defense and security, low-carbon energies, industrial technologies, and the physical and life sciences
Entity Name
French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Focus Areas
General - Organization
Entity Type
Other
Group/Division/Lab name
Nuclear Energy
Is LCRI Company?
No
Technology Areas
Technology Description
ASTRID is a sodium-cooled, pool-type fast spectrum reactor fueled by mixed oxide (MOX) fuel with a capacity of 1500 MWt/600 MWe. As an industrial demonstration reactor, ASTRID will be used to optimize the design of future commercial reactors under the umbrella of the Generation IV forum (GIF).
Technology Name
Advanced Sodium Technological Reactor for Industrial Demonstration (ASTRID)