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C. Müller, J. Herb, P. Gebhardt, J. Shvab
The Chinese Shidaowan nuclear power plant recently made the headlines in Germany: According to a paper published in the scientific journal Joule, tests are said to have proven that a core meltdown accident in the world's first commercially operated pebble bed reactor has been ruled out and that it is therefore ‘inherently safe’. This article describes how this type of reactor works, what follows from the experiment, and what safety challenges may nevertheless arise.
F. Rowold, O. Bartos, K. Hummelsheim
P. Schöffel, A. Di Nora, N. Dünne, V. Jacht, M. Junk, T. Skorek, D. von der Cron, F. Weyermann, A. Wielenberg
U. Noseck, D. Becker, J. Flügge, A. Gehrke, K.-P. Kröhn, M. Kröhn, S. Spießl, J. Wolf
M. Koralewicz, J. Glandien, J. Hüttenrauch, A. Wehling, B. Fricke, F. Künkel, C. Heitsch, M. Jopen, M. Panofen, C. Y. Tang
Marina Röwekamp (GRS), Heinz-Peter Berg (BfE)
M. Röwekamp