Development of a Secondary SCRAM System for Fast Reactors and ADS Systems

One important safety aspect of any reactor is the ability to shutdown the reactor. A shutdown in an ADS can be done by stopping the accelerator or by lowering the multiplication factor of the reactor and thus by inserting negative reactivity. In current designs of liquid-metal-cooled GEN IV and ADS...

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Main Authors: Simon Vanmaercke, Gert Van den Eynde, Engelbert Tijskens, Yann Bartosiewicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/351985