The modular high-temperature reactor

Journal Article · Fri Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983 · Nucl. Technol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5313708

Reutler, H; Lohnert, G H

Nearly all problems encountered in large high-temperature reactor power plants with respect to design and safety are related to the mere physical size of a larger reactor core. Our analyses show that it is feasible to subdivide a larger reactor core into modular units, analogous to the common practice of using several smaller units instead of one large unit. In connecting several modular reactor units in series, a larger power output can be obtained by merely using simple technical designs, in addition to utilizing the favorable safety characteristics of small pebble-bed cores. It can be shown that for these cores such classical safety devices as shutdown systems and decay heat removal systems lose their dominance in respect to risk evaluations.

• Research Organization: Interatom Internationale Atomreaktorbau GmbH, D-5060 Bergisch Gladbach l (Bensberg)
• OSTI ID: 5313708
• Journal Information: Nucl. Technol.; (United States), Journal Name: Nucl. Technol.; (United States) Vol. 62:1; ISSN NUTYB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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