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4. DESIGN OF NUCLEAR REACTORS<br />

In the middle of 1980s, <strong>Korea</strong> Atomic Energy Research Institute(KAERI) designed and<br />

constructed a high performance multipurpose research reactor based on its experience <strong>in</strong><br />

the operation of previous reactors and accumulated nuclear technology. Timed with its<br />

completion of construction <strong>in</strong> April 1995, the reactor was named as HANARO(High‐flux<br />

Advanced Neutron Application Reactor) which means, <strong>in</strong> <strong>Korea</strong>n, "uniqueness". It is one<br />

of the large scale national research facilities, <strong>in</strong> which nuclear technology of KAERI is<br />

crystallized to meet the demand of developed <strong>Korea</strong> <strong>in</strong> 2000s for various scientific and<br />

eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g research.<br />

4.2.6.2 Reactor Description<br />

Fig. 4.10 Overview of HANARO <strong>in</strong> Daejeon, <strong>Korea</strong><br />

The reflector tank provides a large region of high thermal neutron flux and the excess<br />

reactivity is sufficient for experiments. The average burnup of the discharged fuel<br />

assemblies meets the design objective, greater than 50 a/o burnup of <strong>in</strong>itial fissile

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