Supercritical-Pressure Light Water Cooled Reactors

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Oka, Yoshiaki (Editor), Mori, Hideo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Energy.; Nuclear energy.; Nuclear chemistry.; Nuclear physics.; Heavy ions.; Hadrons.; Electric power production.; Nuclear engineering.; Tribology.; Corrosion and anti-corrosives.; Coatings.; Nuclear Energy.; Nuclear Engineering.; Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings.; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.; Energy Technology.; Nuclear Chemistry.

This book focuses on the latest reactor concepts, single pass core and experimental findings in thermal hydraulics, materials, corrosion, and water chemistry. It highlights research on supercritical-pressure light water cooled reactors (SCWRs), one of the Generation IV reactors that are studied arou...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and Overview
• Reactor design and safety
• Thermal hydraulics
• Materials
• Material-Coolant Interactions.