Published 2016 | Version v1
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BR2 receives a sixteen-month makeover

Description

In February 2015, the Belgian Nuclear Research Center SCK•CEN shut down its BR2 research reactor for a refurbishment lasting sixteen months. According to initial plans, the refurbishment had to be completed by July 2016, in particular to produce radioisotopes again for the medical sector. The most significant part of the refurbishment was the replacement of the matrix, the internal structure of the reactor vessel, which is not an easy task due to its complex lay-out. The article offers an insight into the progress of the work.

Part of:
2015 Highlights (SCK•CEN)

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Publishing Information

Imprint Place
Mol (Belgium)
Imprint Title
2015 Highlights (SCK#Bullet#CEN)
Imprint Pagination
88 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 44-48

INIS

Country of Publication
Belgium
Country of Input or Organization
Belgium
INIS RN
47115028
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature, Progress Report
Descriptors DEI
BELGIUM; BR-2 REACTOR; PROGRESS REPORT; REACTOR COMPONENTS
Descriptors DEC
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DOCUMENT TYPES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EUROPE; IRRADIATION REACTORS; MATERIALS TESTING REACTORS; REACTORS; TANK TYPE REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; WESTERN EUROPE

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