Advanced heavy water reactor

AHWR = Advanced Heavy Water Reactor Dep. U = Depleted Uranium Fuel Reproc. = Fuel Reprocessing HWB = Heavy Water Board IRE = Indian Rare Earth NFC = Nuclear Fuels Complex SSSF = Solid Storage and Survellance Facility UCIL = Uranium Corporation of India Limited WIP = Waste Immobilization Plant. 

A Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) and Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR) ... 

PWR Advanced heavy water reactor AHWR Lead-bismuth cooled small reactors SVBR-75/100, STAR family High temperature gas cooled reactors HTR-F... 

Tborium is tbe nuclear fuel resource available in India in plentiful quantities to sustain a large power programme. At present, tbe design and development of Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR) and Compact High Temperature Reactor (CHTR) are underway for utilization of tborium. Incorporation of simplified and passive systems is one of tbe features of these reactors. Tbe R D work related to these reactors is being carried out in BARC. 

SINHA, R.K., KAKODKAR, A., ANAND, A.K., VENKAT RAJ, V, BALAKRISHNAN, K., The key design features of the Indian advanced heavy water reactor, Evolutionary Water Cooled Reactors Strategic Issues, Technologies and Economic Viability, Proceedings of a Symposium held in Seoul, Nov. 30-Dec. 04,1998, IAEA-TECDOC-1117, Vienna (2000). 

The plant layout of Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR) is optimized for meeting various functional needs, as well as safety, radiation zoning, piping and cabling requirements, erection and construction requirements, and access and security considerations. 

XI-4] SINHA R.K., KAKODKAR A., Development of enabling technologies for the Indian advanced heavy water reactor. Seminar on Status and Prospects for Small and Medium Sized Reactors, (Paper presented at IAEA Int. Seminar, May 27-31, 2001, Cairo). 

Figure 15.1 Schematic of advanced heavy water reactor and major systems.

Figure 15.2 Advanced heavy water reactor fuel cluster. mOX, Mixed oxide.

Figure 15.3 A schematic of the fuel cycle for an advanced heavy water reactor (AHWR). PHWR, pressurized heavy water reactor.

Table 15.1 Advanced heavy water reactors proposed design and operating parameters...

Figure 15.4 Advanced heavy water reactor plant layout.

Jain, V., Nayak, A.K., Dhiman, M., KuUcami, P.P., Vijayan, P.K., Vaze, K.K., October 2013. Role of passive safety features in prevention and mitigation of severe plant conditions in Indian advanced heavy water reactor. Nuclear Engineering and Technology 45 (5), 625—636. 

Advanced heavy water reactors, in Reactor Technology and Engineering, BARC Highlights. 

In a PCC system for an advanced heavy water reactor design the condensate is collected in a water storage tank for gravity driven injection, and non-condensables are vented to a suppression pool [10]. A PCC proposed for application in a PWR (e.g. the CP-1300) utilises an external pool in a high elevation as a heat sink. The steam-Hi mixture passes Hi-ignitors before entering the heat exchanger. The condensate is collected in the IRWST and/or used for passive containment spray [7]. 

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