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<blockquote data-quote="goc" data-source="post: 1561344" data-attributes="member: 7399"><a href="http://www.neimagazine.com/news/newscriticality-for-atucha-2-4265734">http://www.neimagazine.com/news/newscriticality-for-atucha-2-4265734</a>Criticality for Atucha 213 May 2014&nbsp; Email <a href="http://www.zona-militar.com/news/newscriticality-for-atucha-2-4265734"><img src="http://www.zona-militar.com/Uploads/NewsArticle/4265734/main.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </a>Nucleoelectrica Argentina reported first criticality of the Atucha 2 PHWR on 2 May 2014. The note was on the IAEA Power Reactor Information System's record for Atucha 2, which indicates that the reactor generates 745 MWe (gross) with a thermal capacity of 2160 MW. No further details about a predicted grid connection or commercial operation date were given.Construction of the German KWU-designed reactor began in 1981, but fizzled out in the 1990s. It was restarted in 2006 as part of a $3.5 billion project (that also included Embalse and Atucha 1 life extensions), according to the World Nuclear Association.The reactor is a unique design: heavy-water cooled, heavy-water moderated, but occurring not in a horizontal calandria like Canadian PHWRs, but in a vertical reactor pressure vessel. This huge 8m-diameter vessel holds 451 natural (unenriched) UO2 fuel assemblies that are fed through penetrations in the vessel head.WNA reported that fuel loading began in December 2012.Nuclear Engineering magazine published a cutaway reactor diagram of Atucha 2 in September 1982; high-resolution versions (digital PDF and print) are available for purchase. For more information, contact Diane Stanbury, <a href="mailto:dstanbury@progressivemediagroup.com">dstanbury@progressivemediagroup.com</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="goc, post: 1561344, member: 7399"] [url]http://www.neimagazine.com/news/newscriticality-for-atucha-2-4265734[/url] [SIZE=6][B]Criticality for Atucha 2[/B][/SIZE] 13 May 2014 [EMAIL='?subject=Criticality for Atucha 2&Body=http://www.neimagazine.com/news/newscriticality-for-atucha-2-4265734'][U]Email [/U][/EMAIL] [URL='http://www.zona-militar.com/news/newscriticality-for-atucha-2-4265734'][U][IMG]http://www.zona-militar.com/Uploads/NewsArticle/4265734/main.jpg[/IMG] [/U][/URL] Nucleoelectrica Argentina reported first criticality of the Atucha 2 PHWR on 2 May 2014. The note was on the IAEA Power Reactor Information System's record for Atucha 2, which indicates that the reactor generates 745 MWe (gross) with a thermal capacity of 2160 MW. No further details about a predicted grid connection or commercial operation date were given. Construction of the German KWU-designed reactor began in 1981, but fizzled out in the 1990s. It was restarted in 2006 as part of a $3.5 billion project (that also included Embalse and Atucha 1 life extensions), according to the World Nuclear Association. The reactor is a unique design: heavy-water cooled, heavy-water moderated, but occurring not in a horizontal calandria like Canadian PHWRs, but in a vertical reactor pressure vessel. This huge 8m-diameter vessel holds 451 natural (unenriched) UO2 fuel assemblies that are fed through penetrations in the vessel head. WNA reported that fuel loading began in December 2012. Nuclear Engineering magazine published a cutaway reactor diagram of Atucha 2 in September 1982; high-resolution versions (digital PDF and print) are available for purchase. For more information, contact Diane Stanbury, [EMAIL='dstanbury@progressivemediagroup.com'][U]dstanbury@progressivemediagroup.com[/U][/EMAIL] [/QUOTE]

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