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Effect of the variation of properties on the working capacity of GR-280 reactor graphite

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Data on the variance of the properties of GR-280 block reactor graphite are presented. The effect of the variance on the radiation-induced change in the properties, including on the characteristics of the shape change, is presented. In view of this, the working capacity of graphite is analyzed for masonry blocks of a uranium-graphite reactor, 2 figures, 4 tables, 20 references.

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  1. Scientific-Research Institute of Graphite, USSR

    Yu. S. Virgil’ev

  2. Scientific-Research and Design Institute of Power Engineering, USSR

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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 88, No. 2, pp. 119–125, February, 2000.

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Virgil’ev, Y.S., Baldin, V.D. Effect of the variation of properties on the working capacity of GR-280 reactor graphite. At Energy 88, 124–129 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02673293

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