To prepare the course participant for the topics discussed, this handbook provides a crash course into the current state of commercialized Light Water Reactor technology.

In a nuclear reactor, the chain reaction is constantly managed by means of control rods which are made from a material capable of absorbing neutrons. These rods are mobile in the reactor core: they can …

Module 10 - Power Reactor Feedback Effects Rev 01. Previous lectures described reactor criticality and effects of heat generation. This lecture will: • coefficient of reactivity in PWR can be positive. Xe135: …

The amount of reactivity (r) in a reactor core determines what the neutron population, and consequently the reactor power, are doing at any given time. The reactivity can be effected by many factors (for …

Nuclear microreactors are very small reactors usually generating less than 50 megawatts electric (MWe). They are seen as an alternative to small modular (50-300 MWe) or conventional reactors …

The data compiled in this publication are a product of the IAEA’s Power Reactor Information System (PRIS). The PRIS database is a comprehensive source of data on all nuclear power reactors in the …

EPR is an evolutionary reactor incorporating most recent technologies from N4 and KONVOI plants.