Enum: ReactorGenerationEnum

Nuclear reactor generational classifications

Permissible Values

Value	Meaning	Description
GENERATION_I	None	Early commercial reactors (1950s-1960s)
GENERATION_II	None	Current operating commercial reactors
GENERATION_III	None	Advanced reactors with enhanced safety
GENERATION_III_PLUS	None	Evolutionary improvements to Generation III
GENERATION_IV	None	Next generation advanced reactor concepts

Slots

Name	Description
reactor_generation	Reactor generation classification (I, II, III, III+, IV)

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: ReactorGenerationEnum
description: Nuclear reactor generational classifications
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  GENERATION_I:
    text: GENERATION_I
    description: Early commercial reactors (1950s-1960s)
    annotations:
      period:
        tag: period
        value: 1950s-1960s
      status:
        tag: status
        value: retired
      examples:
        tag: examples
        value: Shippingport, Dresden-1
    title: Generation I
  GENERATION_II:
    text: GENERATION_II
    description: Current operating commercial reactors
    annotations:
      period:
        tag: period
        value: 1970s-1990s
      status:
        tag: status
        value: operating
      examples:
        tag: examples
        value: PWR, BWR, CANDU
      design_life:
        tag: design_life
        value: 40 years
    title: Generation II
  GENERATION_III:
    text: GENERATION_III
    description: Advanced reactors with enhanced safety
    annotations:
      period:
        tag: period
        value: 1990s-2010s
      status:
        tag: status
        value: some operating
      improvements:
        tag: improvements
        value: passive safety, standardization
      examples:
        tag: examples
        value: AP1000, EPR, ABWR
    title: Generation III
  GENERATION_III_PLUS:
    text: GENERATION_III_PLUS
    description: Evolutionary improvements to Generation III
    annotations:
      period:
        tag: period
        value: 2000s-present
      status:
        tag: status
        value: deployment
      improvements:
        tag: improvements
        value: enhanced passive safety
      examples:
        tag: examples
        value: AP1000, APR1400
    title: Generation III+
  GENERATION_IV:
    text: GENERATION_IV
    description: Next generation advanced reactor concepts
    annotations:
      period:
        tag: period
        value: 2030s and beyond
      status:
        tag: status
        value: development
      goals:
        tag: goals
        value: sustainability, economics, safety, proliferation resistance
      examples:
        tag: examples
        value: VHTR, SFR, LFR, GFR, SCWR, MSR
    title: Generation IV