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Passive Safety Systems and Natural Circulation in Water Cooled Nuclear Power Plants IAEA-TECDOC-1624 ISBN 978-92-0-111309-2 160 pages ¦ € 15.00 ¦ Date published: 2009 Download (5.78 MB) Order IAEA Copyright

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Cite this content as: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, Passive Safety Systems and Natural Circulation in Water Cooled Nuclear Power Plants , IAEA, Vienna (2009)

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Close Since the mid-1980s there has been much discussion of the advantages of passive safety systems in advanced nuclear power plants (NPPs). It has been recognized that the application of passive safety systems can contribute to simplification and potentially improve economics of new NPP designs. However, this implies careful design and analysis methods to assure that these systems perform their intended functions. This publication draws on the studies of an IAEA coordinated research project on the topic and reports the findings of the latest research activities. It describes passive safety systems in a wide range of advanced water-cooled nuclear power plant designs, defines the thermal hydraulic phenomena associated with natural circulation phenomena and cross-links these phenomena with the passive safety systems.

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