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

by noreply@blogger.com (brian wang)

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