Chapter
Super-Critical Water-Cooled Reactor (SCWR)
Abstract
The Super-Critical Water-cooled Reactor (SCWR) is a high temperature, high-pressure water-cooled reactor that operates above the thermodynamic critical point (374°C, 22.1MPa). The main improvement in the SCWR is in the area of economics due to the high thermal efficiency and simplifications that result from the use of supercritical (SC) water as coolant. Furthermore, the safety characteristics of the SCWR have also been advanced by the …
Authors
Huang Y; Zang J; Leung LK-H
Book title
Encyclopedia of Nuclear Energy
Pagination
pp. 569-581
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
2021
DOI
10.1016/b978-0-12-819725-7.00020-9