APWR

APWR

APWR stands for advanced-pressurized water reactor, which is a type of nuclear reactor design that utilizes a system for removing decay heat through the steam generator. It is one of the principal PWR plants, along with the European-pressurized reactor (EPR) or evolutionary power reactor (EPR).From: Nuclear Systems Volume I [2019], Screening of critical parameters influencing thermal-hydraulic reliability of simple passive system [2019]

Nuclear Power Technologies through Year 2035

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Published in D. Yogi Goswami, Frank Kreith, Energy Conversion, 2017

Kenneth D. Kok, Edwin A. Harvego

APWR: APWR is an advanced PWR marketed by Mitsubishi. The first of these reactors was planned for construction at Tsurga in Japan. The U.S. version of this reactor will have a 1620 MWe output. Another version of this reactor was planned for construction in Texas but the request for certification has been delayed because the utility is looking at other electrical generating systems. It combines active and passive emergency cooling systems in a double containment and features high burnup fuel.

Seismic analysis of nuclear power plants by using three-dimensional finite element models: a review

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Published in Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 2019

Shohei Onitsuka, Tadashi Iijima, Tomonori Yamada, Shinobu Yoshimura

We retrieved articles related to seismic analysis of NPPs by using 3D FEMs. The keywords included ‘nuclear power plant’ (e.g. ‘US advanced pressurized water reactor (US-APWR)’ and ‘advanced power reactor (APR) 1400’), seismic analysis, 3D FEM, three-dimensional finite element method, and combinations of these keywords. From the articles retrieved, we identified certain articles discussing the characteristics and advantages of 3D FEMs. By investigating these articles [7–9,11–16], we found three major characteristics of 3D FEMs, as described below with key advantages.

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