Considerations of Safety and Utilization of Subcritical Assemblies

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

IAEA-TECDOC-1976

English IAEA-TECDOC-1976 ¦ 978-92-0-128021-3

100 pages ¦ 16 figures ¦ € 18.00 ¦ Date published: 2021

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This publication was developed in view of the growing interest from Member States in subcritical assemblies (SCAs). It supplements the IAEA safety standards by providing practical information on safety in the design and operation of SCAs. It also provides information on and examples of utilizing SCAs for various types of research and training experiments.

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