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Deformation and Operational Safety of Masonry in Commercial Uranium–Graphite Reactors

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The results of 40-years of computational-experimental investigations of the deformation of graphite blocks and the deformation of graphite columns and the entire masonry as a whole in commercial uranium–graphite reactors operating at the Industrial Association Mayak are reviewed. The investigations were used as a basis for predicting the working-capacity of masonry and to substantiate and guarantee the safety of masonry during reactor operation.

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  1. Federal State Unitary Enterprise Industrial Association Mayak, Russian

    A. I. Berezyuk & A. I. Timonin

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Berezyuk, A.I., Timonin, A.I. Deformation and Operational Safety of Masonry in Commercial Uranium–Graphite Reactors. Atomic Energy 92, 322–330 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016554026802

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