Abstract
The author expounds his point of view concerning the comparative advantages and drawbacks of two types of technology for liquid-metal fast-neutron reators: lead and sodium. It is concluded that there are no substantiation and no significant factors justifying forced implementation of a lead-cooled reactor, especially in the existing economic climate in Russia. Successful advancement of a new reactor technoloy is possible at present only if the technology is accepted internationally and the principal nuclear countires participate.
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