An “inherently safe” NPP based on plant simplification, aimed at highest reliability, with a rated power of 600 MWth (in cooperation with the University of Rome “Sapienza”)

Safety-related Principles

  • a real in-depth defense against radiological hazard for personnel and population
  • capability of the plant to manage any kind of accident, including severe accidents
  • reliance on physical laws not only to detect safety requirements, but also to perform the safety action itself, which means extensive utilization of “inherent” and “passive” safety features
  • insensibility” of plant safety to human errors and faulty actions
  • extremely low doses to personnel
  • extremely limited production of nuclear wastes

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Water filled Pressurized Containment (no LOCA)

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Reactor building section and plan

Easy and cheap construction, repair, decommissioning

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Steam generator disassembling

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Removal of minor components (heat exchangers and pumps) and reactor building with only support and working structures

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Biological shield disassembling and reactor building without internal metallic structures