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Fugen Nuclear Power Plant
The Fugen NPP in 1975, Image: Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
The Tsuruga NPP and Fugen NPP together in the same image
Fugen ふげん (Fugen) was a prototype Japanese nuclear test reactor.
Fugen was a domestic Japanese design for a demonstration Advanced Thermal Reactor. It was a heavy water moderated, boiling light water cooled reactor.[1]
The reactor was started in 1979 and shut down in 2003. As of 2018, it is undergoing decommissioning.[1]
It is located in Myōjin-chō, in the city of Tsuruga, Fukui.
The name "Fugen" is derived from Fugen Bosatsu (Samantabhadra), a Buddhist deity.
The reactor was the first in the world to use a full MOX fuel core.
It had 772 assemblies, the most in the world. It has received the title of a historic landmark from the American Nuclear Society.
The design boils ordinary water like a boiling water reactor (BWR) but uses heavy water as a moderator as in a CANDU reactor.
The electrical output was 165 MW and the thermal output was 557 MW.
Core temperature: 300 °C
Pellet centerline temperature: 2200 °C
Fuel conversion time: 6 months
The plant is located on a site that covers 267,694 m2 (66 acres); buildings occupy 7,762 m2 (1.9 acres), and it has 46,488 m2 of floor space. It employed 256 workers.[2]
^ ab"History of Fugen | Reactor Decommissioning Research and Development Center". www.jaea.go.jp. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
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