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Abstract

A nuclear-engineering installation has a pressurized-water reactor and a degasification system for reactor coolant. The degasification system has a degasification column which is coupled to the primary cooling circuit of the pressurized water reactor and further includes a coolant evaporator with a first heat exchanger and a stripping vapor condenser with a second heat exchanger, wherein a partial flow of the reactor coolant flows through the heat exchanger of the coolant evaporator on the secondary side, and wherein the heat exchanger of the stripping vapor condenser is connected, on the primary side, in a vapor and gas outlet line which is connected to the degasifier column. The degasification system is intended to be configured such that, with as simple a design as possible and taking into consideration relevant safety procedures, a particularly effective and at the same time energy-efficient separation of gasses, which are dissolved in the reactor coolant and cannot be condensed, is made possible, wherein the thermal load of the assigned nuclear intermediate cooling system is furthermore intended to be kept as low as possible. To this end it is provided that the heat exchanger of the coolant evaporator is switched in a heat-pump circuit on the primary side, which heat-pump circuit is coupled to the heat exchanger of the stripping vapor condenser with respect to the heat flux, which is established during plant operation, such that the heat liberated in the strip steam condensation is transferred at least partially to the reactor coolant, which flows through the coolant evaporator, and thus causes its evaporation.

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