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VHTR: Very High Temperature Reactor System.(Nuclear Power)

Advanced Materials & Processes, August, 2004

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The VHTR is a graphite-moderated, helium-cooled reactor with a once-through uranium fuel cycle. It supplies heat with core outlet temperatures of 1000[degrees]C (1830[degrees]F), which enables applications such as hydrogen production or process heat for the petrochemical industry or others. The reference reactor is a 600 MW core connected to an intermediate heat exchanger to deliver process heat.

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The reactor core can be a prismatic block core such as the operating Japanese HTTR, or a pebble-bed core such as the operating Chinese HTR-10. For hydrogen production, the system supplies ...

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Manufacturing Industry

VHTR: Very High Temperature Reactor System.(Nuclear Power)

Advanced Materials & Processes, August, 2004

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