From field to factory - Taking advantage of shop manufacturing for the pebble bed modular reactor

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 236, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 445-453

  Wallace, Edward ^a,d   Matzie, Regis ^a,b,e   Heiderd, Roger ^c   Maddalena, John ^a  

^a Pebble Bed Modular Reactor Pty Limited   (South Africa)

^b WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^c SARGENT AND LUNDY LLC   (United States)

^d US Programs for PBMR (Pty) Ltd   (United States)

^e Technical Committee   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MECHANIZATION OPTIMIZATION; PEBBLE BED MODULAR REACTOR (PBMR); PROCESS LEARNING;

BRAYTON CYCLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; MACHINE DESIGN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 33644891018     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2005.10.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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