6. Case study: Superphénix
The first commercial-scale prototype power plant with an electrical output of 1,200 MW, Superphénix was built in France, at Creys-Malville, within a European framework (France 51%, Italy 33%, Germany + Belgium + Netherlands 16%); it reached nominal output on December 9, 1986.
The main characteristics of the plant are summarized in the table 3 .
6.1 Reactor block
The reactor is of the integrated type (figure 6 ): the main vessel, 21 m in diameter, contains 3,500 t of sodium in which the core, internal structures, four primary...
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