Process-inherent, ultimate-safety (PIUS) boiling-water reactor

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5148883

Forsberg, C W

A new type of boiling-water reactor (BWR) has been conceived - the Process-Inherent, Ultimate-Safety, Boiling-Water Reactor (PIUS BWR). The proposed design described in this report extends the PIUS design philosophy from pressurized-water reactors (PWRs) to BWRs. In a PIUS BWR, safety systems are passive, with no active components. The reactor core and nonnuclear portion of the plant are similar to current BWR designs, but a special, prestressed concrete reactor vessel (PCRV) with a unique internal design replaces the conventional pressure vessel, emergency core cooling systems, containment shell, spent-fuel storage ponds, diesel generators, and most other components of the nuclear island.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 5148883
• Report Number(s): CONF-850610-34; ON: DE85016403
• Resource Relation: Conference: Annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society, Boston, MA, USA, 9 Jun 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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