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OECD Halden Reactor Project 1981 (1982)
| Author | NEA |
| Date | 1982 |
| Classification | 2.08.9.90/05 (NORWAY - FACILITIES) |
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FOREWORD The Halden Reactor Project is an internationally funded and staffed nuclear research and development organization headquartered in Halden, Norway, which is operated under the auspices of the OECD. The university graduate staff comprises approximately 65 individuals of which 20 are seconded by organizations in the 11 supporting countries. Research programmes are concerned with nuclear fuel performance and computerized process control, and are structured to answer the needs of member organizations and the nuclear community at large. The demonstrated strength of the Halden Project in both fuel research and process control is due in significant measure to the characteristics of the dominant Project research tool - the Halden Boiling Water Reactor (HBWR). With its spacious and accessible core, the HBWR is an ideal test bed for complex experimental assemblies requiring large numbers of instrument leads. Availability of in-core instruments and the operational flexibility afforded by the HBWR have greatly aided process control development as well. In the thirty years since its inception, the Halden Reactor has evolved from an initial goal of demonstrating the heavy water moderated reactor concept through a modest, first-few thermocouple and flow turbine tests and thence through a protracted series of complex apparatus and technique innovations to become one of the most versatile nuclear test reactors in the world. Over the course of this development, some 240 in-pile experiments have been performed. These ranged in complexity from rudimentary, non-instrumented rod bundles to some of the most integrated and complex in-reactor tests ever designed. Computerized data handling capability, developed to accommodate proliferating fuel test data, served as the nucleus for a second major Halden Project research function- computerized reactor process control development. This area now represents roughly one third of the Halden research programme and is served by a staff of 40 scientists and engineers with extensive experience in the field of computer-based control and monitoring of the operational aspects of nuclear power plants. The organizations participating in the Halden Project, and which are actively guiding the Project’s research programmes, represent a complete cross section of the nuclear industry, including national research organizations, reactor and fuel vendors, utility companies, and increasingly over the later years, licensing and regulatory interests. In the fuel area, tests done in the HBWR are representative of actual commercial and test fuel from major fuel suppliers. As a consequence, results obtained are unlikely to reflect any local idiosyncracies in fuel preparation methods.
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