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Safeguarding the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor: A new challenge for the IAEA

Charlier et al., 2007

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11943711788616993968
Author
Charlier C
Fagerholm R
Slabber J
Shayi J
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Annual Meeting Proceedings of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management 48th

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ABSTRACT The Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) is a 400MWth, 160MWe helium- cooled, graphite moderated high temperature reactor (HTR). The fuel consists of silicon carbide and pyrolytic carbon coated particles of enriched uranium oxide encased in graphite …
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    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
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