The modular high-temperature reactor

Journal Article · Thu Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985 · Nucl. Sci. Eng.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.13182/NSE85-4· OSTI ID:6309941

Frewer, H; Keller, W; Pruschek, R

The modular high-temperature reactor (HTR-M) is characterized by the use of standardized reactor, heat transfer, and loop components. One or more primary circuit units make up the nuclear steam-generating system (or heat-generating system) of a HTR-M power plant. The core of the helium cooled HTR-M consists of a randomly packed bed of spherical fuel elements (pebble bed reactor). Th characteristic design of the HTR-M core ensures that permissible core temperatures are not exceeded, even if all cooling systems fail. Today, HTR-M power plants can already be applied in the combined generation of electricity, process steam, and/or district heat. In the near future the HTR-M can b used as a heat source for processing plants in the chemical industry, e.g., for methane cracking, coal gasification and similar chemical processes.

• Research Organization: Kraftwerk Union AG, Erlangen
• OSTI ID: 6309941
• Journal Information: Nucl. Sci. Eng.; (United States), Journal Name: Nucl. Sci. Eng.; (United States) Vol. 90:4; ISSN NSENA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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