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As member of the Generation IV International Forum (GIF), Canada has decided to orient its efforts towards the design of a CANDU-type SuperCritical Water-cooled nuclear Reactor (SCWR). Such a system must run at a coolant outlet temperature of about 625°C and at a pressure of 25MPa. Even though several steam-cycle arrangements used in existing thermal-power plants have been discussed by many authors,...