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Thursday, November 8, 2012

High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors and the potentional market of 700 reactor modules

High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors and the potentional market of 700 reactor modules

Westinghouse and others are pursuing the development of a true next-generation nuclear technology referred to as the High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor (HTGR) for the past few years. Without too much technical detail, HTGRs are helium-cooled, graphite-moderated reactors with robust ceramic-coated fuel that operate at temperatures at or above 750 Degrees Celsius (1400 Fahrenheit) where conventional light water reactors operate at temperatures less than half that. In short:http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/11/high-temperature-gas-cooled-reactors.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2Fadvancednano+%28nextbigfuture%29

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