High Performance Light Water Reactor: Design and Analyses

By: Schulenberg, Thomas

The High Performance Light Water Reactor is a nuclear reactor concept of the 4th generation which is cooled and moderated with supercritical water. The concept has been worked out by a consortium of European partners, co-funded by the European Commission. It features a once through steam cycle, a pressure vessel type reactor, and a compact containment with pressure suppression pool. The conceptual design enables to assess its feasibility, its safety features and its economic potential.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3866448171
• ISBN13: 9783866448179
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Karlsruher Institut Fur Technologie
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.6"