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The experimental reactor AVR. Development, operation and accidents. Final report of the AVR expert group

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Description

In 1959 the AVR working group started the development of a gas-cooled graphite moderated high-temperature pebble bed reactor. The experimental reactor was constructed at the site of the nuclear research center Juelich and operated from 1967 to 1988. The experimental pebble bed reactor is described within the report. An expert group studied the historical aspects of development, operation and accidents of the experimental reactor. The steam generator accident in 1978 is discussed in detail, including a technical evaluation of the accident sequence. The radiological aspects of the reactor operation and the contamination of soil and groundwater are included in the report.

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://www.oeko.de/publikationen/p-details/der-versuchsreaktor-avr-entstehung-be trieb-und-stoerfaelle-langfassung/

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Additional titles

Original title (German)
Der Versuchsreaktor AVR. Entstehung, Betrieb und Stoerfaelle. Abschlussbericht der AVR-Expertengruppe

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URL
http://www.oeko.de/publikationen/p-details/der-versuchsreaktor-avr-entstehung-betrieb-und-stoerfaelle-langfassung/;

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
167 p.

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
46006894
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
AVR REACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FISSION PRODUCT RELEASE; FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH; GROUND WATER; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; INDOOR AIR CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY TRANSPORT; REACTOR ACCIDENT SIMULATION; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING; REACTOR DISMANTLING; REACTOR LICENSING; REACTOR OPERATION; REMEDIAL ACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEAM GENERATORS; SURFACE CONTAMINATION
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; BOILERS; CONTAMINATION; DECOMMISSIONING; DEMOLITION; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; GAS COOLED REACTORS; GERMAN FR ORGANIZATIONS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; HELIUM COOLED REACTORS; HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS; HTGR TYPE REACTORS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; LICENSING; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; OPERATION; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PEBBLE BED REACTORS; POWER REACTORS; REACTORS; SIMULATION; SOLID HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; THORIUM REACTORS; VAPOR GENERATORS; WATER