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Joint NEA project performs high-burnup test
An article in the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency’s July news bulletin noted that a first test has been completed for the High Burnup Experiments in Reactivity Initiated Accident (HERA) project. The project aim is to understand the performance of light water reactor fuel at high burnup under reactivity-initiated accidents (RIA).
Richard E. Nygren
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 4 | Number 2 | September 1983 | Pages 1203-1215
Blanket and First Wall Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A23022
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This overview of first wall, blanket and shield technology focuses first on trends in important design issues from the 1970's to the 1980's, then on current perceptions of critical issues in first wall, blanket and shield design and related technology. The emphasis is on base technology rather than either systems engineering or materials development, on the two primary confinement systems, tokamaks and mirrors, and on production of electricity as the primary goal for development.