Advanced operational strategy for the IRIS reactor: Load follow through mechanical shim (MSHIM)

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3240-3252

  Franceschini, Fausto ^a   Petrovic, Bojan ^b  

^a WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTROL RODS; COOLANTS; DESIGN; EFFLUENTS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); WATER COOLED REACTORS; XENON;

ADJUSTING; ADVANCED REACTOR DESIGNS; ADVANCED REACTORS; BORON CONCENTRATIONS; CONTROL BANKS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; CONTROL SYSTEM DESIGNS; END OF CYCLES; IMPROVED PERFORMANCES; INTERNATIONAL REACTOR INNOVATIVE AND SECUREST; LIQUID EFFLUENTS; NEUTRONIC; NUCLEAR POWERS; OPERATING REQUIREMENTS; OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; POWER PEAKING FACTORS; POWER VARIATIONS; PRIMARY SYSTEMS; REACTIVITY CHANGES; REACTOR CONTROLS; REACTOR DESIGNS; SHORT TIMES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; WESTINGHOUSE;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 54949093176     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.06.021     Document Type: Article

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