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Conference Article: Pebble Fuel Advantages

Abstract

An overview is presented of all the important issues that influenced the choice of pebble fuel for the high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) concept developed by South Africa. Each of these issues is then discussed in detail and compared with other fuel configurations proposed for direct cycle high-temperature reactor (HTR) applications. The comparisons will be provided using objective data generated by analyses done for the design of the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) and data that is available in open literature for the other fuel configuration.

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Reference:

Proceedings of the Conference on High Temperature Reactors, Beijing, China, September, 22-24, 2004

International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)

HTR-2004, pp:1-7