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Operation of thermal protection shields used in the corium catcher at a nuclear power station equipped with VVER reactors

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We present the results from experiments confirming the effectiveness of thermal shields used in the design of the ex-vessel corium catcher at nuclear power stations equipped with VVER reactors for limiting the radiation heat loads on the overlying structural and building elements.

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  1. Aleksandrov Research Institute of Technology, Federal State Unitary Enterprise, Sosnovyi Bor, Leningrad oblast, 188540, Russia

    V. B. Khabensky, V. S. Granovsky, S. V. Beshta, S. A. Vitol, A. A. Sulatskii & E. V. Krushinov

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Original Russian Text © V.B. Khabensky, V.S. Granovsky, S.V. Beshta, S.A. Vitol, A.A. Sulatskii, E.V. Krushinov, 2011, published in Teploenergetika.

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Khabensky, V.B., Granovsky, V.S., Beshta, S.V. et al. Operation of thermal protection shields used in the corium catcher at a nuclear power station equipped with VVER reactors. Therm. Eng. 58, 310–316 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040601511040069

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