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    Execution of a Large Engineering Project in an R&D Institution- Some Experiences

    By G. Vaidyanathan, Kale. R. D.

    Abstract: Steam Generator Test Facility (SGTF) was set up mainly to validate the design of the steam generator of the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR). PFBR is a power reactor of 500 MWe after the successful Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR). FBTR was built in collaboration with French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). It was similar to the 40 MWt Rapsodie reactor but had SG modules of the Phenix reactor design in …

    Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 12, Issue 3, 2022 · pp. 27–35 Read article

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    Challenges In Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor Thermal Hydraulics

    By G. Vaidyanathan

    Abstract: Heat Transfer and Fluid flow phenomena (referred as Thermal Hydraulics) play a significant role in the safe and economical design of fast breeder reactors (FBR). The sodium cooled fast reactors have a very complex flow and temperature profile within the pool or the test vessel. The high temperature operating conditions (~540 deg.C) also impose stringent requirements on the thermal design of the components. The basic approach of thermal hydraulic design …

    Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 12, Issue 2, 2022 · pp. 33–47 Read article

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    Hazards of Power Production-A comparative study

    By G. Vaidyanathan

    Abstract: Nuclear energy has played a major role in reducing the world's use of oil for electricity generation over the past decades. Current estimates are that uranium resources will last some 400 to 500 years at the present rate of use. This resource base could, furthermore, last some 50 times longer if breeder reactors are introduced. Of the main energy sources, namely coal, hydro and nuclear, nuclear can be even considered …

    Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 11, Issue 1-2, 2021 · pp. 1–20 Read article

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    Safety Management in Indian Nuclear Power Plants

    By G. Vaidyanathan

    Abstract: AbstractNuclear industry goes to great lengths to ensure that safety takes overriding priority in siting, design, construction, and operation of nuclear power plants. There are well established safety principles and practices, which are followed internationally. The principle of defence in depth is followed in toto, to ensure that safety provisions are adequate and consequences would be acceptable. Management of safety is carried out by the regulating authority through periodic safety …

    Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 10, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 29–37 Read article

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