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The organic-cooled organic-moderated nuclear power station “ARBUS”

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The installation and the experimental operation of the ARBUS nuclear electric power generating station demonstrated the feasibility of constructing organic-cooled nuclear power stations in remote regions of the USSR. The correctness of the calculations and principal design decisions, the realizability of equipment fabrication and of the carbon steel primary-loop piping without any biological shielding, and the possibility of exploiting available mass-produced petrochemical equipment and standard fittings, giving due attention to the specific requirements of a nuclear facility, were confirmed in operation. This nuclear power station exhibits adequate operational stability, with the added advantages of simplicity and reliability in operation under a variety of operating conditions.

In subsequent work, improvements can be made in the engineering costs of power stations of this type by increasing the process parameters (employing regenerable coolant of higher thermal stability), and by introducing other power plant improvements based on the accumulated operating experience.

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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 439–448, December, 1964

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Polushkin, K.K., Emel'yanov, I.Y., Delens, P.A. et al. The organic-cooled organic-moderated nuclear power station “ARBUS”. At Energy 17, 1197–1206 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01122766

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