BREST 300 is a lead-cooled, pool-type fast reactor design operating at close to atmospheric pressure (IEA/OECD (NEA)/IAEA, 2002). The reference rating is 300 MWe. It has been put forward by RDIPE, Russia. It incorporates a loop concept for primary circuit heat removal. It is based on a relatively simple and robust design with passive decay heat removal to the environment. It has similar characteristics to those of the other lead — cooled reactors described above.

It has an increased core outlet temperature compared with the PWR making it a better candidate for somewhat higher temperature process heat applications.

14.6.2 Energy Amplifier

Lead-cooled subcritical reactors driven by a proton accelerator, such as the energy amplifier, are also being considered for process heat applications (IEA/OECD (NEA)/IAEA, 2002).