Dry-Cooled Supercritical CO2Power for Advanced Nuclear Reactors

Supercritical Water-cooled Nuclear Reactors: Review and Status

Modern concepts of nuclear reactors cooled with supercritical water are presented together with a short history. The supercritical water-cooled CANDU ((CANada Deuterium Uranium) is a registered trademark of AECL) reactor concept is fully discussed. Also, thermophysical properties at critical and supercritical pressures as well as heat transfer and hydraulic resistance at these conditions are pr...

High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors

Ultrasonic imaging techniques for non-destructive testing of nuclear reactors, cooled by liquid metals: review

In some nuclear reactors the core is cooled by means of liquid metal alloy, for example, lead-bismuth eutectic alloy. For safety and licensing reasons, an imaging method for evaluation of status of the interior of reactor has thus to be developed. There are no any other physical means except ultrasonic, which would enable to inspect inner reactor parts submerged in the opaque hot liquid metal. ...

GAS COOLED REACTORS (Session 6) Chairpersons

The High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR) is particularly attractive due to its capability of producing high temperature helium gas and inherent safety characteristics. These interesting aspects make HTGR worthy of discussion on the future advanced reactors. The Japanese interest in the HTGR has resulted in the construction of the High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (the HTTR) at the...

Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Reactors

This report addresses the tenuous link between nuclear power reactor development and the proliferation of nuclear weapons, particularly with respect to possible terrorist exploitation. Arguments are presented that contradict the popular image of nuclear weaponry as a "basement project". 4 CONTENTS