Water cooled modular nuclear power reactor ABV. Annex V

The ABV reactor installation is a nuclear steam-generating plant with an integral pressurized light water reactor and natural circulation of the primary circuit coolant. The abbreviation 'ABV' in Russian stands for 'nuclear, modular, water'. 'Modular' means it is possible to assemble a nuclear power plant of large functional factory-made units including the reactor unit and turbine generator plant. The ABV design was developed by OKB Mechanical Engineering (OKBM, Nizhny Novgorod), a leading Russian organization in the field of shipboard nuclear installation design. The Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE, Obninsk) was a scientific leader in the ABV project. Long-term experience in the design, construction and operation of shipboard nuclear installations and the results of previous R and D form the technological basis for the ABV design. The ABV design was developed using operating experience of VVER type reactors and recent achievements in the field of nuclear power plant safety. The main purpose of the project is the creation of small multi-purpose power sources based on proven marine reactor technologies, providing easy transport to the site, rapid assembly and safe operation