Modernization of the IBR-2 pulsed research reactor

• Published in: Atomic energy (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 113; no. 1; pp. 29 - 38
• Main Authors: Dragunov, Yu. G., Tretiyakov, I. T., Lopatkin, A. V., Romanova, N. V., Lukasevich, I. B., Ananyev, V. D., Vinogradov, A. V., Dolgikh, A. V., Yedunov, L. V., Pepelyshev, Yu. N., Rogov, A. D., Shabalin, E. P., Zaikin, A. A., Golovnin, I. S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.11.2012; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Atomic energy; Compensation; Design; Efficiency; Hadrons; Heavy Ions; Laboratories; Modernization; Neutrons; Nickel alloys; Nuclear Chemistry; Nuclear Energy; Nuclear engineering; Nuclear Physics; Nuclear power generation; Nuclear reactors; Nuclear research; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; R&D; Reactors; Research & development; Sodium; Startups; Structural design; Studies; Russia; Fuel Assembly; Emergency Protection; Plutonium Dioxide; Stationary Reflector; Fuel Load

The structural design of the IBR-2 periodic-pulse reactor is described. The principal stages of the project in modernizing the reactor, the technical characteristics before and after modernization, and the results of startup measures are presented.