Current status of Canadian organic cooled reactor technology

Technical Report · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1967

OSTI ID:4557804

Mooradian, A J; Robertson, R F.S.; Hatcher, S R; Hart, R G; Tegart, D R; Summach, A J

Canada has been operating the first organic cooled D{sub 2}O moderated pressure tube reactor (WR-1) since November 1965. The operation of WR-1 and the supporting development programs at the Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment are of direct interest to those seeking to exploit the advantages of organic coolants. The technical feasibility of the concept along with the current status of the technology are covered in the paper. The excellent performance of WR-1 indicates that, as yet, no insurmountable technical limitation faces the designers of organic cooled reactors.

• Research Organization: Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Pinawa, Manitoba (Canada). Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment
• NSA Number: NSA-22-016261
• OSTI ID: 4557804
• Report Number(s): AECL-2943; CONF-670917-11
• Resource Relation: Conference: IAEA Symposium on Heavy Water Power Reactors, Vienna, Austria, 11-15 Sep 1967
• Country of Publication: Canada
• Language: English

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WR-1
WHITESHELL REACTOR NO. 1/coolant for
technological developments in organic
WHITESHELL REACTOR NO. 1/materials for
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