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Record 1 2011-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Properties of Fuels
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
CONT

Gas-cooled reactor systems. The high-temperature reactor (HTR) uses particle fuel able to withstand high temperatures, allowing for very high burn-up and graphite as a moderator. Helium is used as a coolant, allowing an output temperature of more than 850°C.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propriétés des combustibles
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
CONT

[...] à la fin des années 1950, le concept de combustible à particules de taille millimétrique est le concept de référence des réacteurs à haute ou très haute température à caloporteur gaz (High or Very High Temperature gas cooled Reactor HTR/VHTR). La spécificité de ce combustible est qu'il est finement divisé, tout céramique (combustible et couches de revêtement) et micro-confiné (le confinement des actinides et des produits de fission se fait au plus près de la source), ces trois particularités combinées permettant à la fois l'accès aux hautes températures et à un haut niveau de sûreté.

Spanish

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