The main technical solutions incorporated in the design of the RITM-200 reactor for a new-generation nuclear icebreaker are presented. Its special feature is an extended service life compared with icebreakers which are currently in service. To secure this quality, the main damaging factors revealed during operation and influencing service life are examined. The following are presented: the results of a systems analysis of the design implementation of the equipment and systems and their heat-engineering characteristics as well as the water-chemistry and gas regime of the first-loop coolant for optimizing the reactor’s operating conditions and securing a high safety level and acceptable technical economic indicators.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 113, No. 6, pp. 323–328, December, 2012.
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Zverev, D.L., Pakhomov, A.N., Polunichev, V.I. et al. RITM-200: new-generation reactor for a new nuclear icebreaker. At Energy 113, 404–409 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-013-9653-7
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