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Thermohydraulic studies of safety of NPPs with fast reactors

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The problems of improving the safety of the existed NPPs with fast-neutron reactors (BN-600) and those under construction (BN-800), as well as the projects of fast-neutron reactors of new generation with an advanced level of inherent safety are considered.

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Sorokin, A.P. Thermohydraulic studies of safety of NPPs with fast reactors. Therm. Eng. 54, 962–970 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S004060150712004X

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