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Development and Design of the EPR™ Core Catcher

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The EPR™ is an evolutionary pressurized water reactor in the thermal range of 4,500 MWth, designed and marketed by AREVA NP. Currently, there are four EPR™ plants under design and construction: Olkiluoto-3 (OL3) in Finland, Flamanville-3 (FA3) in France, and Taishan 1&2 (TSN) in the People’s Republic of China.

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  1. AREVA Nuclear Power GmbH, Erlangen, Germany

    Dietmar Bittermann & Manfred Fischer

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  1. University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan

    Takehiko Saito

  2. University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan

    Junichi Yamashita

  3. Dept of Nuclear Engineering & Manag, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8656, Japan

    Yoshiaki Oka

  4. Dept. Nuclear Engineering & Management, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan

    Yuki Ishiwatari

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Bittermann, D., Fischer, M. (2011). Development and Design of the EPR™ Core Catcher. In: Saito, T., Yamashita, J., Oka, Y., Ishiwatari, Y. (eds) Advances in Light Water Reactor Technologies. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7101-2_4

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