Holtec and Mitsubishi Electric partnering to advance SMR-160 small modular reactor program
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 8, 2015
The containment is a steel structure that will serve to dissipate heat to the environment using passive cooling for a design basis event. Tall column of water above the reactor core providing large coolant inventory. Reactor coolant is demineralized water (no boron) which provides a natural ceiling against undesirable reactivity rise.
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