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The acronym water–water energy reactor (WWER) refers to Soviet design water-cooled, water-moderated, and electricity-generating reactors. The designer of WWER440 reactors is Gidropress. The WWER1000 reactors are designed by Atomenergoproject.
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Kovacs, Z. (2014). The Nuclear Power Plant with WWER440 Reactors. In: Probabilistic Safety Assessment of WWER440 Reactors. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08548-7_2
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