Development and Design of the EPR™ Core Catcher

D. Bittermann; Manfred M. Fischer

doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-7101-2_4

Development and Design of the EPR™ Core Catcher

In: Development and Design of the EPR™ Core Catcher (Springer eBooks)

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The EPR™ is an evolutionary pressurized water reactor in the thermal range of 4,500 MWth, designed and marketed by AREVA NP. Currently, there are four EPR™ plants under design and construction: Olkiluoto-3 (OL3) in Finland, Flamanville-3 (FA3) in France,...

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