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

Forsberg, C W

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

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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.

Authors:: Forsberg, C W

Publication Date:: Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)

OSTI Identifier:: 5148883

Report Number(s):: CONF-850610-34
ON: DE85016403

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-84OR21400

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: Annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society, Boston, MA, USA, 9 Jun 1985

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; BWR TYPE REACTORS; DESIGN; REACTOR SAFETY; BORATES; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE; REACTOR VESSELS; WATER; BORON COMPOUNDS; BUILDING MATERIALS; CONCRETES; CONTAINERS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; REACTORS; SAFETY; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; 210100* - Power Reactors, Nonbreeding, Light-Water Moderated, Boiling Water Cooled

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