IRIS reactor design overview and status update

Proceedings of the American Nuclear Society - International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2005, ICAPP'05

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 451-459

  Carelli, M D ^a,m   Petrovic, B ^a   Conway, L E ^a   Oriani, L ^a   Kling, C L ^a   Miller, K ^b   Lombardi, C V ^c   Ricotti, M E ^c   Barroso, A C O ^d   Collado, J M ^a   Cinotti, L ^e   Storai, S ^a   Berra, F ^a   Todreas, N E ^f   Ninokata, H ^g   Cavlina, N ^h   Grgic, D ^h   Oriolo, F ⁱ   Moraes, M M ^a   Frederico, C ^a   Henning, F ^a   Griffith, W ^a   Love, J ^a   Ingersoll, D T ^a   Wood, R ^a   Alonso, G ^j   Kodochigov, N ^a   Polunichev, V ^a   Augutis, J ^a   Alzbutas, R ^a   Boroughs, R D ^a   Naviglio, A ^k   Panella, B ^l   more..

^a Westinghouse ^*  (United States)

^b SELLAFIELD LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c Polimi   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^e ANSALDO ENERGIA   (Italy)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^j INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^k SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^m WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL RODS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PRESSURE VESSELS; PUMPS; STEAM GENERATORS;

ELECTRIC GRIDS; NEUTRON REFLECTORS; PRESSURIZERS; REACTOR VESSELS;

LIGHT WATER REACTORS;

EID: 34249108565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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