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1.5.1.4 Deployment status and planned schedule

Since its launch in 2010, the ASTRID project has progressed through three phases:
A preparatory phase (from 2010 to 2011), during which the main options for the
reactor design were selected, such as the geometry of the primary circuit. This
phase was concluded by an official review in March 2011. A preconceptual design
phase, during which the remaining open options were selected in order to obtain a
choice of reference design. This second phase was concluded in late 2013.
A conceptual design phase aimed at consolidating the project data to obtain a final
and consistent reference design. This conceptual design phase was concluded in
December 2015. Finally, the project entered its basic design phase in 2016. This
phase is expected to conclude in 2019.

1.5.2 ALFRED (Fig. 1.3)

Fig. 1.3 ALFRED primary circuit.