The Simplified Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactor (SSCWR), a new SCWR design

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-189

  Reiss, T ^a   Csom, Gy ^a   Feher S ^a   Czifrus, Sz ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Coupled analysis; Moderation; New design; SCWR; Zirconium hydride

Indexed keywords

BURN UP; CORE DIAMETERS; COUPLED ANALYSIS; DRIVING FORCES; FOSSIL FIRED POWER PLANTS; FUEL ENRICHMENT; GENERATION IV REACTORS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIGHT WATER REACTORS; INHERENTLY SAFER; MODERATION; NEW DESIGN; OPERATING CONDITION; REACTOR DESIGNS; REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SUPER LWR; SUPERCRITICAL WATER-COOLED REACTORS; WATER FLOWS;

LIGHT WATER REACTORS; PRESSURE VESSELS; WATER COOLING SYSTEMS; ZIRCONIUM;

DESIGN;

EID: 70450224482     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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