Advanced boiling water reactors

The 1,356 MWe Advanced Boiling Water Reactor was jointly developed by General Electric, Hitachi, and Toshiba and BWR suppliers based on world experience with the previous BWRs. Tokyo Electric Power operates two ABWRs as units 6 and 7 of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station. Features of the ABWR are (Wilkins, 19921 ... 

Wilkins, D. R. and J. Chang, 1992, GE Advanced Boiling Water Reactors and Plant System Designs. 8th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference, Taiwan, April. 

Up front capital costs are a critical issue, particularly in our emerging deregulated electricity sector. In Japan, TEPCO reduced the construction time on its newest Advanced Boiling Water Reactor - Unit 7 of the Kashiwazaki Kaariwa Nuclear Power Station - to 51 months. 

In the past 20 years, several advanced versions of the LWR, collectively called ALWRs, have been designed, but only one type has been built the advanced boiling water reactor (ABWR), which was built in Japan. New versions of light-water reactors are now under review for safety certification by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC). It is expected that a high-temperature helium-cooled reactor, if built in South Africa, would become of interest to U.S. utilities and would also be reviewed by the USNRC for certification. 

Alexander D E and Rehn L E (1994b), Gamma-ray displacement damage in the pressure vessel of the advanced boiling water reactor , J Nucl Mater, 217,... 

GE Nuclear Energy Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR, 1350 MW ) design approved in July 1994 and certified in May 1997... 

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A preconceptual plant design with 1700 M W net electric power based on a pressure vessel-type reactor has been studied by Yamada et al. (2011) and has been assessed with respect to efficiency, safety, and cost. The study confirms the target net efficiency of 44% and estimates a cost reduction potential of 30% compared with current pressurized water reactors. Safety features are expected to be similar to advanced boiling water reactors. 

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Based on data from Toshiba, 2011. Leading Innovation. Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR), Booklet. Toshiba Corporation, Japan. 

Matzie, Regis. 1999. Westinghouse s advanced boiling water reactor program. Nuclear Plant Journal Editorial Archive. Available online at (October 30, 2001). 

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