NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 48, Issue 7, 070004(2025)

Review of key engineering technologies for liquid heavy metal cooled reactors

Jiming LIN1, Ruifeng TIAN2, Fengchen LI3, Songbai CHENG2, Dechang CAI1、*, Xiongbo DUAN4, Xiong ZHENG1, Yulong MAO1, and Shuqi MENG1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute, Shenzhen 518000, China
  • 2Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150000, China
  • 3Tianjin University, Tianjin 300000, China
  • 4Central South University, Changsha 410000, China
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    Jiming LIN, Ruifeng TIAN, Fengchen LI, Songbai CHENG, Dechang CAI, Xiongbo DUAN, Xiong ZHENG, Yulong MAO, Shuqi MENG. Review of key engineering technologies for liquid heavy metal cooled reactors[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2025, 48(7): 070004

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    Category: Special Issue on The First Academic Annual Conference of the Research Reactor and Innovative Reactor Association of Chinese Nuclear Society and Advanced Nuclear Power System Reactor Engineering

    Received: Mar. 28, 2025

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 15, 2025

    The Author Email: Dechang CAI (CAIDechang)

    DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.250141

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