Conceptual design for a small modular district heating reactor for Mongolia

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 210-215

  Sambuu, Odmaa ^a   Obara, Toru ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

District heating reactor; HTGR; Long operation period; Passive safety feature

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COOLING; BURN UP; BURNABLE POISONS; C/C COMPOSITES; CONTINUOUS ENERGY MONTE CARLO CODE; CORE DIMENSION; DECAY HEAT; DESIGN CONCEPT; ENERGY DEMANDS; EXPECTED ENERGY; FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS; HTGR; MONGOLIA; NEUTRON MULTIPLICATION; OPERATION PERIOD; PASSIVE SAFETY FEATURES; REACTOR SIZES; URANIUM ENRICHMENT;

BORON; BORON CARBIDE; CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DISTRICT HEATING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS REACTORS; URANIUM;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84861847131     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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