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IAEA-TECDOC--899: Design and development of gas cooled reactors with closed cycle gas turbines.

Technical committee meeting on design and development of gas cooled reactors with closed cycle gas turbines. Beijing (China). 30 Oct - 2 Nov 1995.

International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria), IAEA-TECDOC--899

Abstract

Technological advances over the past fifteen years in the design of turbomachinery, recuperators and magnetic bearings provide the potential for a quantum improvement in nuclear power generation economics through the use of the HTGR with a closed cycle gas turbine. Enhanced international co-operation among national gas cooled reactor programmes in these common technology areas could facilitate the development of this nuclear power concept thereby achieving safety, environmental and economic benefits with overall reduced development costs. This TCM and Workshop was convened to provide the opportunity to review and examine the status of design activities and technology development in national HTGR programmes with specific emphasis on the closed cycle gas turbine, and to identify pathways which take advantage of the opportunity for international co-operation in the development of this concept.

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Articles

Construction of the HTTR and its testing programme for advanced HTGR development
Tanaka, T.; Baba, O.; Shiozawa, S.; Okubo, M.; Kunitomi, K. (Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst., Ibaraki (Japan). Dept. of HTTR Project)

Progress of the HTR-10 project
Zhong, D.; Xu, Y. (Qinghua Univ., Beijing, BJ (China). Inst. of Nuclear Energy Technology)

State of HTGR development in Russia
Golovko, V.F.; Kiryushin, A.I.; Kodochigov, N.G.; Kuzavkov, N.G. (OKB Mechanical Engineering, Nizhny Novgorod (Russian Federation))

High temperature reactor development in the Netherlands
Heek, A.I. van (Netherlands Energy Research Foundation ECN, Petten (Netherlands))

French activities on gas cooled reactors
Bastien, D. (DMT/DIR, CEA/SACLAY, Cedex (France))

Status of GT-MHR with emphasis on the power conversion system
Neylan, A.J.; Silady, F.A. (General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)); Kohler, B.P. (AlliedSignal, Tempe, AZ (United States)); Lomba, D. (GEC-Alsthom, Belfort (France)); Rose, R. (Mechanical Technology, Inc., Latham, NY (United States))

HTR plus modern turbine technology for higher efficiencies
Barnert, H.; Kugeler, K. (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH (Germany). Inst. fuer Sicherheitsforschung und Reaktortechnik)

Design of indirect gas turbine cycle for a modular high temperature gas cooled reactor
Zhang, Z.; Jiang, Z. (Qinghua Univ., Beijing, BJ (China). Inst. of Nuclear Energy Technology)

Conceptual design of helium gas turbine for MHTGR-GT
Matsuo, E.; Tsutsumi, M.; Ogata, K. (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Nagasaki (Japan). Nagasaki Research and Development Center); Nomura, S. (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Nagasaki (Japan). Nagasaki Shipyard and Machinery Works)

Investigation of GT-ST combined cycle in HTR-10 reactor
Gao, Z.; Zhang, Z.; Wang, D. (Qinghua Univ., Beijing, BJ (China). Inst. of Nuclear Energy Technology)

HTGR gas turbine-module demonstration test - A proposal
Takada, E.; Ohashi, K.; Hayakawa, H.; Kawata, O.; Kobayashi, O. (Fuji Electric Co. Ltd., Kawasaki, Kanagawa (Japan))

A study of silver behavior in gas-turbine high temperature gas-cooled reactor
Sawa, K.; Shiozawa, S.; Kunitomi, K.; Tanaka, T. (Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst., Ibaraki (Japan). Dept. of HTTR Project)

COMEDIE BD1 experiment: Fission product behaviour during depressurization transients
Gillet, R.; Brenet, D. (DTP/SECC, CEA/GRENOBLE, Grenoble (France)); Hanson, D.L. (General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)); Kimball, O.F. (Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States))

Licensing experience of the HTR-10 test reactor
Sun, Y.; Xu, Y. (Qinghua Univ., Beijing, BJ (China). Inst. of Nuclear Energy Technology)

Development of compact heat exchanger with diffusion welding
Kunitomi, K.; Takeda, T. (Japan Atomic Research Inst., Ibaraki (Japan). Dept. of HTTR Project); Horie, T.; Iwata, K. (Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd., Hyogo (Japan). Heat Exchangers Div.)

Summary report on technical experiences from high-temperature helium turbo machinery testing in Germany
Weisbrodt, I.A. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Div. of Nuclear Power, Vienna (Austria). Nuclear Power Technology Section)

Pebble red modular reactor - South Africa
Fox, M. (Integrators of System Technology, Waterkloof (South Africa)); Mulder, E. (ESKOM (South Africa))

The role of the IAEA in gas-cooled reactor development and application
Cleveland, J.; Brey, L.; Kupitz, J. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Power)