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The WWER-440: Eastern Europe's most important reactor (1987)
| Author | Ecology Group Hannover, Gruppe Ökologie Hannover |
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6-01-3-40-03.pdf |
| Date | April 1987 |
| Classification | 6.01.3.40/03 (NUCLEAR SAFETY - REACTORS - VVER/RBMK GENERAL) |
| Remarks | English Summary of the report: 6.01.3.40/23 |
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From the publication:
THE WWER - 440 : EASTERN EUROPE'S MOST IMPORTANT REACTOR April 1987, Gruppe Ökologie Hannover: I.Albrecht, U.Fink, K.Hinrichsen, H.Hirsch Dangers/Confidential Malfunction Reports/Catastrophe Scenario A Black Book : A Report by the Ecology Group, Hannover SUMMARY 1. The WWER-440 is world-wide one of the most numerous types of reactor. Almost one in ten of all power reactors operating or under construction is of this design. It is at present the only type of reactor providing electricity in Bulgaria, the German Democratic Republic, Poland, Rumania. Czechoslovakia and Hungary (apart from one WWER-70), and is the only Russian-designed reactor to have been exported to non-COMECON countries (two blocks have been exported to Finland). They are often situated near borders, and also in the proximity of large cities (e.g., Berlin, Brno, Vienna, Copenhagen).