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In the Netherlands completed the first stage of qualifying fuel for Chinese HTGR AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 10.01.2015 The NRG company completed in December 2014 the multi-year project under the program of qualifying fuel for Chinese high-temperature reactor HTR-PM, according to the company. The company operates a research reactor HFR in Petten, the Netherlands. The project for the fuel qualifications was carried out on behalf of the developer, the Chinese INET institute. In the reactor HTR-PM, the construction of the first unit with which (two reactors per turbine) began on the Chinese site Shidao Bay, the typical for HTGR projects ball fuel is used - the graphite spheres with a diameter of 6 cm with splashes of uranium microfuel. The first stage - the irradiation in HFR - was completed in December 2014. The burn-up which was achieved is not given, but in the project documentation of the HTR-PM one may find that the burn-up in this reactor can reach 100 GW×day/mt. The second stage of the qualification program - the heating in furnaces - must pass in Karlsruhe. The tests will be conducted on five irradiated in HFR spherical fuel elements. Other news: Rostov-3 is connected to the grid The work on the fourth unit construction goes as scheduled. Vermont Yankee closure will negatively affect the economy of the region The plant will be closed at the end of December. TEPCO has unloaded all assemblies from spent fuel pool of Fukushima Daiichi-4 The unloading was launched on November 18, 2013 and ended on 22 December 2014. |
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