Fixed Bed Nuclear Reactor
The Fixed Bed Nuclear Reactor (FBNR) is a simple, small, proliferation resistant, inherently safe and passively cooled nuclear reactor with reduced environmental impact. The reactor is being developed under the auspice of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Its science and technology is in the public domain.
The main developer is Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in cooperation with international institutions. The institutions that so far have shown interest in participating in this project include Imperial College of the University of London, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP) and the Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE) in the Russian Federation and some individual scientists in Uruguay, Vietnam, Turkey, Finland, Switzerland, and the USA.