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Research and Development
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and its many divisions are committed to Engineering Excellence. Our company’s pioneering achievements in a wide variety of industries have given us the basic technologies, built up over our long history, to stay on the creative edge, producing technical achievements geared to the future. Integrating those technologies produces our craftsman-inspired Engineering Excellence, with its infinite potential.
We have had over 35 years of experience designing and building nuclear power plants, and have over 100 years been developing innovative technologies in many industries. Our research and development activities build upon our practical experiences and foster the evolution of pressurized water reactor and related technologies vital to every field of nuclear power generation, including:
- Light water reactor power plants.
- Development of improved and more reliable fuel.
- Advanced reactors, including fast breeder reactor technology.
- Nuclear fuel cycle systems.
We have five laboratories concentrating on R&D closely tied to specific technologies, and one Advanced Technology Research Center focusing on leading-edge research into technologies of the future. This combination of the practical and the visionary ensures that we will develop the new technologies for the next generation.
In-core flow test for APWR
The reliability of the reflector design is verified by measuring the flow distribution around the new neuron reflectors and the flow-induced vibration.
Thermal flow analysis inside the steam generator
The two-phase steam-water flow is analyzed to verify the reliability of the steam generator design.
Scale removal using cavitation jet
An effective steam generator scale-removal method was developed using shock pressure caused by cavitation.
Intelligent ECT probe
Intelligent ECT probes made it possible to inspect steam generator heat transfer tubes with high speed and high precision.
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