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Conference Article: Decommissioning of the thorium high temperature reactor (THTR 300)
Dietrich, G.; Neumann, W.; Roehl, N. (Hochtemperatur-Kernkraftwerk GmbH, Hamm-Uentrop (Germany))Abstract
The prototype Thorium-High-Temperature-Reactor (THTR 300) was decommissioned using the option of safe enclosure. Decision was made in 1989 and safe enclosure was reached in February 1997, followed by up to thirty years of operation of the safe enclosed plant.
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key words: Gas Cooled Reactor, Nuclear Technology
- Reference:
- Technical committee meeting on technologies
for gas cooled reactor decommissioning, fuel
storage and waste disposal. Juelich (Germany)
8-10 Sep 1997
- International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
- IAEA-TECDOC--1043, pp:9-15
- International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)