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MODULAR HIGH-TEMPERATURE GAS-COOLED REACTOR [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
OBS

High Temperature Reactor (HTR). A nuclear reactor moderated by graphite and cooled by gas (helium). Can be refuelled without shut down (on load refuelling - OLR). The high temperature of the coolant results in a better thermodynamic efficiency.

Key term(s)
  • modular high temperature reactor
  • modular high temperature gas cooled reactor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
CONT

[...] le HTR modulaire [...] doit son nom à la possibilité qu'il offre de constituer une centrale avec un nombre de modules adapté aux besoins du moment. Quatre modules placés côte à côte constituent une centrale standard.

Spanish

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