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Title: SWR 1000: The Innovative Boiling Water Reactor

Abstract

Framatome ANP has developed the boiling water reactor SWR 1000 in close cooperation with German nuclear utilities and with support from various European partners. This advanced reactor design marks a new era in the successful tradition of boiling water reactor technology and, with a gross electric output of between 1290 and 1330 MW, is aimed at assuring competitive power generating costs compared to gas- and coal-fired stations. At the same time, the SWR 1000 meets the highest safety standards, including control of a core melt accident these objectives are met by supplementing active safety systems with passive safety equipment of diverse design for accident detection and control and by simplifying systems needed for normal plant operation on the basis of past operating experience. The plant is also protected against airplane crash loads. A short construction period, flexible fuel cycle lengths of between 12 and 24 months and a high fuel discharge burn-up all contribute towards meeting economic goals. The SWR 1000 fulfills international nuclear regulatory requirements and has been offered to TVO for the fifth nuclear unit in Finland. (authors)

Authors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Framatome ANP GmbH, Berlinerstrasse 295, 63067 Offenbach (Germany)
  2. Framatome ANP Inc., 400 South Tyron Street, Charlotte, NC 28285 (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
21160698
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: ICAPP'04: 2004 international congress on advances in nuclear power plants, Pittsburgh, PA (United States), 13-17 Jun 2004; Other Information: Country of input: France; 6 refs; Related Information: In: Proceedings of the 2004 international congress on advances in nuclear power plants - ICAPP'04, 2338 pages.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; ACCIDENTS; BURNUP; BWR TYPE REACTORS; CONSTRUCTION; CONTROL; DESIGN; FUEL CYCLE; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; SAFETY STANDARDS

Citation Formats

Brettschuh, Werner, and Hudson, Greg. SWR 1000: The Innovative Boiling Water Reactor. United States: N. p., 2004. Web.
Brettschuh, Werner, & Hudson, Greg. SWR 1000: The Innovative Boiling Water Reactor. United States.
Brettschuh, Werner, and Hudson, Greg. 2004. "SWR 1000: The Innovative Boiling Water Reactor". United States.
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title = {SWR 1000: The Innovative Boiling Water Reactor},
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abstractNote = {Framatome ANP has developed the boiling water reactor SWR 1000 in close cooperation with German nuclear utilities and with support from various European partners. This advanced reactor design marks a new era in the successful tradition of boiling water reactor technology and, with a gross electric output of between 1290 and 1330 MW, is aimed at assuring competitive power generating costs compared to gas- and coal-fired stations. At the same time, the SWR 1000 meets the highest safety standards, including control of a core melt accident these objectives are met by supplementing active safety systems with passive safety equipment of diverse design for accident detection and control and by simplifying systems needed for normal plant operation on the basis of past operating experience. The plant is also protected against airplane crash loads. A short construction period, flexible fuel cycle lengths of between 12 and 24 months and a high fuel discharge burn-up all contribute towards meeting economic goals. The SWR 1000 fulfills international nuclear regulatory requirements and has been offered to TVO for the fifth nuclear unit in Finland. (authors)},
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year = {Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2004},
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