Published 2002 | Version v1
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Safe and Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (SSBWR)

Creators

  • 1. Hitachi Ltd. (Japan)
  • 2. Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550 (Japan)

Description

A safe and simplified BWR (SSBWR) has been developed as an innovative future reactor to provide a super-long life core of 20 years and to realize a passive core safety system with infinite grace period. Operability and maintainability can be largely improved by using the super-long life core, cutting the number of active components, and using a one-batch core with no exchange of fuel assemblies, which can also significantly reduce the possibility of nuclear proliferation. Np-237 of MAs (Minor Actinides) can be effectively transmuted using the very hard neutron spectrum of SSBWR and high level radioactive wastes can be reduced. (authors)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
American Society of Mechanical Engineers - ASME
Imprint Place
New York (United States)
Imprint Pagination
7 p.

Conference

Title
10. international conference on nuclear engineering
Acronym
ICONE-10
Dates
14-18 Apr 2002
Place
Arlington - Virginia (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
39079532
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACTINIDES; BWR TYPE REACTORS; FUEL ASSEMBLIES; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; NEPTUNIUM 237; NEUTRON SPECTRA; PROLIFERATION; REACTOR SAFETY
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; METALS; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NEPTUNIUM ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; POWER REACTORS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTORS; SAFETY; SPECTRA; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; THERMAL REACTORS; WASTES; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES