fourth generation of nuclear reactors

Prof. Dr. -Ing. Thomas Schulenberg studied physics and mechanical engineering and received his doctorate in the field of sodium-cooled reactors. During his fourteen-year industrial career, he developed gas turbines for conventional power plants. Since 2000, Prof. Schulenberg was the head of the Institute for Nuclear and Energy Technology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, where he lectured on conventional power plant technology as well as nuclear power plant technology. As a member of the steering committee for fourth-generation water-cooled reactors, he was actively involved in the Generation IV International Forum for many years.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Basics of nuclear technology.- 3. Innovative water-cooled reactors.- 4. High-temperature reactors.- 5. The fuel cycle.- 6. Sodium-cooled fast reactors.- 7. Lead-cooled fast reactors.- 8. Gas-cooled fast reactors.- 9. Molten salt reactors.- 10. Significance for the economy and society.