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Reactors Cooled by Water at Supercritical Pressure

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This is a survey of several designs for nuclear power reactors cooled by water at supercritical pressure. Structural solutions for justifying the choice of a preferred variant are examined.

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  1. National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute,”, Moscow, Russia

    V. A. Silin & R. A. Khlopov

  2. National Research University “Moscow Power Engineering Institute,”, Moscow, Russia

    V. M. Zorin

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Translated from Élektricheskie Stantsii, No. 4, April 2014, pp. 11 – 21.

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Silin, V.A., Zorin, V.M. & Khlopov, R.A. Reactors Cooled by Water at Supercritical Pressure. Power Technol Eng 48, 222–231 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10749-014-0512-z

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