Design for the Dismantling of the WWR-M Primary Cooling Circuit
Abstract
The WWR-M is a light-water cooled and moderated heterogonous research reactor with a thermal output of 10 MW. The final decommissioning planning for the Kiev’s research reactor WWR-M is in progress now. The general dismantling strategy consists of the dismantling and removal of the separate bulky elements as whole pieces without preliminary segmentation. The dismantling of the primary cooling circuit is considered as one of the key tasks; a separate dismantling design has been developed. The baseline principles of the technical solution and safety assessment are presented in the given paper.
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