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http://dx.doi.org/10.5516/NET.2009.41.8.989

GLOBAL DEPLOYMENT OF MITSUBISHI APWR, A GEN-III+ SOLUTION TO WORLD-WIDE NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE  

Suzuki, Shigemitsu (Nuclear Energy Systems Headquarters Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd)
Ogata, Yoshiki (Nuclear Energy Systems Headquarters Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd)
Nishihara, Yukio (Wadamisaki-cho 1-chome)
Fujita, Shiro (Wadamisaki-cho 1-chome)
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology / v.41, no.8, 2009 , pp. 989-994 More about this Journal
Abstract
We at Mitsubishi have lined up Gen-III+ solutions for a wide variety of global customers: ATMEA1 of the 1100MWe class, and an APWR with the largest capacity of 1700MWe. In this paper, we would like to introduce the APWR. With an increased requirement for nuclear power generation as an effective countermeasure against global warming, we have established the APWR plant, a large-capacity Mitsubishi standard reactor combining our accumulated experience and technology as an integrated PWR plant supplier. The APWR plant has achieved high reliability, safety and enhanced economy based on a technology that has been developed with the support of the government and utilities through improvement and standardization programs of light water reactors. Currently, Tsuruga Units 3 and 4, the first two APWRs, are undergoing licensing, while we are making efforts to obtain the standard design certification (DC) of US-APWR and preparing for the European Utility Requirements (EUR) compliance assessment of EU-APWR. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) positions the APWR as a core technology that will contribute to the prevention of global warming and meet worldwide requirements.
Keywords
APWR; MHI; Standard Reactor;
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