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Conference Article: Substantiation of choice of the main physical and thermohydraulic parameters of reactor plant with small power HTGR

Afanasyev, V.N.; Golovko, V.F.; Zhigulsky, V.N.; Karpov, V.A.; Kiryushin, A.I.; Kuzavkov, N.G.; Sukharev, Yu.N

Abstract

At present the high temperature helium cooled reactors are the only type of reactors allowing to increase the coolant temperatures at core outlet up to 950 C. The perspectiveness of these reactors lies in the possibility of providing the economy of natural energy sources by their use in power-intensive chemical-engineering processes such as, for example, coal gasification, metallurgy, production of mineral fertilizers, hydrogen etc. Concurrently the reactors of this type have the advantages of being able to ensure the increased safety specified by the core and coolant inherent properties. In a large measure these advantages are realized in the small power plants the high safety degree of which allows to dispose them immediately on site of the industrial plants or in the vicinity of populated areas.

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key words: coal gasification; economics; environment; helium cooled reactors; htgr type reactors; metallurgy; reactor safety; temperature range 0400-1000 k
Reference:
Technical committee meeting on gas-cooled reactor technology safety and siting Dimitrovgrad (Russian Federation) 21-23 Jun 1989
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
IAEA-TC--389.26, pp:498-520