The feasibility of heat removal during emergency cooling of a reactor by a forced-draft cooling tower with accumulation of the peak heat release in a volume of precooled water is evaluated. The advantages of a cooling tower over a spray cooling pond are demonstrated: it requires less space, consumes less material, employs shorter lines in the heat removal system, and provides considerably better protection of the environment from wetting by entrained moisture.
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Translated from Élektricheskie Stantsii, No. 2, February 2016, pp. 6 – 9.
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Murav’ev, V.P. Emergency Cooling of Nuclear Power Plant Reactors With Heat Removal By a Forced-Draft Cooling Tower. Power Technol Eng 50, 176–179 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10749-016-0679-6
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