Published December 2020 | Version v1
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Design characteristics of the LPRR

  • 1. Nuclear Science Research Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Sciences and Technology (KACST), P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442 (Saudi Arabia)
  • 2. INVAP SE, Nuclear Engineering Division, Cte. Luis Piedrabuena 4950 (R8403CPV), Bariloche (Argentina)

Description

The Low Power Research Reactor (LPRR) is the first research reactor in Saudi Arabia and it is designed as a multipurpose low power reactor to support a demanding training and human resources development plan and become a tool for research and development. The reactor is of an open-pool design cooled by natural circulation of light water with a power rated at 30 kW. The core consists of fuel assemblies of cylindrical shape and the reactivity is controlled by six control rods belonging to the reactor shutdown system. The core is surrounded by light water and partially reflected by a graphite block. (author)

Part of:
Research Reactors: Addressing Challenges and Opportunities to Ensure Effectiveness and Sustainability. Summary of an International Conference. Supplementary Files

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
IAEA
Imprint Place
Vienna (International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA))
ISBN
978-92-0-131820-6
Imprint Title
Research Reactors: Addressing Challenges and Opportunities to Ensure Effectiveness and Sustainability. Summary of an International Conference. Supplementary Files
Imprint Pagination
vp.
Series
Proceedings Series
Journal Page Range
3 p.
ISSN
0074-1884

Conference

Title
Addressing Challenges and Opportunities to Ensure Effectiveness and Sustainability
Acronym
International Conference on Research Reactors
Dates
25-29 Nov 2019
Place
Buenos Aires (Argentina)

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
52011173
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION; FUEL ASSEMBLIES; GRAPHITE; NATURAL CONVECTION; POWER REACTORS; PROGRAM MANAGEMENT; REACTIVITY; REACTOR DESIGN; RESEARCH REACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SCRAM
Descriptors DEC
ARAB COUNTRIES; ASIA; CARBON; CONFIGURATION; CONVECTION; DESIGN; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER; MANAGEMENT; MASS TRANSFER; MIDDLE EAST; MINERALS; NONMETALS; REACTOR LIFE CYCLE; REACTOR SHUTDOWN; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; SHUTDOWN

Optional Information

Notes
Presentation also available
Secondary number(s)
IAEA-CN--277/O.3.06