RBMK
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Latin transcription of a Russian reactor type designation:
(reaktor balschoi
moschnosti kanalnui, (reactor of high power of the channel type). RBMK
is a graphite-moderated boiling water pressure tube reactor in which
the steam is not generated in a pressure vessel, but in up to 2,000
separate pressure tubes containing the fuel elements. The use of graphite
as a moderator leads to a large-volume reactor core of 12 m diameter
and 7 m height. Consequently, the control of the reactor is relatively
complicated from the neutron physical point of view and imposes increased
requirements on the mode of operation concerning the control rods. In
Lithuania one RBMK units with an electric output of 1,300 MWe and in
Russia eleven RBMK units with 1,000 MWe each and four with 12 MWe each
are in operation.
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PIME 2012
12 - 15 February 2012 in Warsaw, Poland
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RRFM 2012
18 - 22 March 2012 in Prague Czech Republic
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TopSafe 2012
22 - 26 April 2012 in Helsinki, Finland
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TopFuel 2012
2 - 6 Sept. 2012 in Manchester, UK
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ENC 2012
9 - 12 December 2012 in Manchester, UK |
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