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Conference Article: Design requirements for high temperature metallic component materials in the US modular HTGR

Shenoy, A.S.; Betts, W.S. (General Atomics, San Diego, CA (USA))

Abstract

The modular high temperature gas-cooled reactor (MHTGR) is a 350 MW(t) second generation reactor system design which during normal operation circulates helium with a mixed mean cold and hot temperature of 260 deg. C (500 deg. F) and 690 deg. C (1270 deg. F), respectively. The design incorporates passive design features which allow the plant to be safely shutdown and cooled with no active systems or operator action being required. A key feature of this concept is the capability of the residual heat removal by passive conduction cooldown from the core to the reactor cavity via an uninsulated vessel. The MHTGR uses a number of metallic components. A description of these components and their design requirements are presented in this paper.

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key words: Gas Cooled Reactor, Nuclear Technology
Reference:
High temperature metallic materials for gas-cooled reactors. Proceedings of a specialists meeting held in Cracow, 20-23 June 1988
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). International Working Group on Gas-Cooled Reactors
IWGGCR--18, pp:33-41