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RBMK reactors

Author: Daniel BASTIEN

Publication date: January 10, 2000 | Lire en français

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    1. Design and development

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    1.1 Design

    The first 1,000 MW power reactor, whose general operating principle is shown in figure 1 , went into commercial service in Leningrad in 1973. It was the first of a series of six reactors whose construction had been announced by the USSR at the 4th Geneva Conference in 1971.

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