Experts voice safety concerns about new pebble-bed nuclear reactors | EurekAlert! Science News: Researchers advise caution as a commercial-scale nuclear reactor known as HTR-PM prepares to become operational in China. The reactor is a pebble-bed, high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR), a design that is ostensibly safer but that researchers in the US and Germany warn does not eliminate the possibility of a serious accident. Their commentary, publishing Aug. 23, 2018 in the journal Joule, recommends continued research, additional safety measures, and an extended startup phase allowing for better monitoring.
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