China’s Pebble Bed Reactor Finally Starts Commercial Operation
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#6H496)
China's HTR-PM (High Temperature) modular pebble bed reactor has finally started commmercial operation. It has two small reactors (each of 250 MWt) that drive a single 210 MWe steam turbine. It uses helium as coolant and graphite as the moderator. Each reactor is loaded with more than 400,000 spherical fuel elements (pebbles'), each 60 mm ...