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phenix and superphenix were closed mainly for political reasons, not because these didn't deliver| "This path is officially paused" - meaning the reactor is clo

• natmaka 2y ago
  > phenix and superphenix were closed mainly for political reasons Phénix is not pertinent, it worked perfectly but was a research reactor (small, expensive...). Superphenix never reached the industrial stage, even the enterprise exploiting it (NERSA) never said so. They simply declared that they were willing to continue and hoping to reach the goal (13 years after first reactor divergence, 24 years after project start, with gigantic amounts of money poured at the project).