Swimming pool reactor design

An xmusual exception to the swimming pool reactor design is the IBR-2 reactor (Dubna, Russia) [7], shown in Fig. 3.3. The core of this... 

Research reactors are based on the swimming pool concept the reactor core sits in the middle of a large tank of water that acts as both coolant and moderator and allows sufficient space for specialised moderators and guide tubes. FRM-II is designed to provide the maximum possible thermal neutron flux from a small core cooled with... 

Safety is clearly a major consideration and research reactors are designed to fail-safe to prevent fission product release. Reactors operate under a triple containment philosophy. The first container is the cladding of the fuel itself, the second is the swimming pool which is made from heavy, 1.5 m thick, concrete lined with stainless steel. Finally the whole reactor is housed inside a reinforced building that is kept at a slightly sub-ambient pressure and is accessed by an air-lock. 

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