| Abstract: | The possibility is discussed of constructing a 200-MW nuclear power installation utilizing a high-temperature gas-cooled subcritical
reactor, in which a chain reaction is initiated by an external neutron source. Such a source can be obtained by irradiating
targets made of various substances with an intense beam of charged particles accelerated in a linear rf accelerator. The reactor
and the accelerator are located in an underground chamber. A working physical model of an electronuclear apparatus can be
used to demonstrate the basic possibilities of making the installation and to experimentally verify the scientific and technical
solutions for its construction. Equipment available at the A. N. Krylov Central Scientific-Research Institute and the D. V.
Efremov Scientific-Research Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus make it possible to construct a model of the electronuclear
apparatus over a period of several years with a minimum of expenditure.
D. V. Efremov Scientific-Research Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus.
A. N. Krylov Central Scientific-Research Institute.
Translated from Atomnaya énergiya, Vol. 87, No. 2, pp. 101–108, August, 1999. |
