Current status and future development of coated fuel particles for high temperature gas-cooled reactors

Zhou, Xia; Tang, Chao

doi:10.1016/j.pnucene.2010.10.003

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“…The HTGR has been becoming a world trend not only for the need of electricity, but also for industrial purposes, such as hydrogen production, water desalination, coal liquefaction, etc. Up to more than five decades of HTGR fuel development, the German UO 2 and the US low enriched uranium of uranium carbon oxide (LEU-UCO) coated particles represent highly successful coated particle designs up to now [4]. After the Chinese 10 MW high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTR-10) had its first criticality on December 21, 2000 [9] and the complete construction of the 200 MW Chinese high temperature gas-cooled reactor pebble-bed module (HTR-PM) in the middle of 2015, the development of HTGR fuels has been of major concern of the world trend in the last two decades [3,4].…”

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“…As the world trend on R&Ds is of High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (HTGR) [2,3,4], BATAN has decided to develop an HTGR reactor in the country. Not only has the HTGR a very safe performance, but it can also be employed for other purposes, such as water desalination, hydrogen production, coal liquefaction, etc.…”

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“…have performed significant R&Ds on HTGRs since 1980s [4]. The power of the reactor can also be expanded to support small-medium electric power in the Eastern part of Indonesia in the future as well as to desalinate sea-water to drinking-water [5].…”

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“…Figure 1. The advantages of RDE [5] There are two concepts of fuel elements presently exploited for HTGRs, namely, the spherical fuel element used in pebble bed concept in Germany and Russia (now also in China and South Africa) and the block-type fuel element applied in prismatic core in the United States [4], the United Kingdom, Japan and also Russia. Both types of HTGR fuels are presented in Figure 2.…”

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“…Referring to [4], the block-type fuel element in US design is a hexagonal graphite block (793 mm in length and 360 mm wide across the flat surface) containing 102 coolant channels and 210 fuel holes filled with fuel compacts and sealed. The fuel compacts are a mixture of TRISO-coated fissile and fertile particles and graphite shim particles bonded by a carbonaceous matrix.…”

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The Strategy to Support HTGR fuels for The 10 MW Indonesia's Experimental Power Reactor (RDE)

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Ridwan²,

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STRATEGY TO SUPPORT HTGR FUEL FOR THE 10 MW INDONESIA'S EXPERIMENTAL POWER REACTOR (RDE). The Indonesia's 10 MW experimental power reactor (RDE) is developed based on high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) and the program of the RDE was firstly introduced to the Agency for National Development Planning (BAPPENAS) at the beginning of 2014. The RDE program is expected to have positive impacts on community prosperity, self-reliance and sovereignty of Indonesia. The availability of RDE will be able to accelerate advanced nuclear power technology development and hence elevate Indonesia to be the nuclear champion in the ASEAN region. The RDE is expected to be operable in 2022/2023. In terms of fuel supply for the reactor, the first batch of RDE fuel will be inclusive in the RDE engineering, procurement and construction (RDE-EPC) contract for the assurance of the RDE reactor operation from 2023 to 2027. Consideration of RDE fuel plant construction is important as RDE can be the basis for the development of reactors of similar type with small-medium power (25 MWe-200/300 MWe), which are preferable for eastern part of Indonesia. To study the feasibility of the construction of RDE fuel plant, current state of the art of the R&D on HTGR fuel in some advanced countries such as European countries, the United States, South Africa and Japan will be discussed and overviewed to draw a conclusion about the prospective countries for supporting the fuel for long-term RDE operation. The strategy and roadmap for the preparation of the RDE fuel plant construction with the involvement of national stakeholders have been developed. The best possible vendor country to support HTGR fuel for long-term operation is finally accomplished. In the end, this paper can be assigned as a reference for the planning and construction of HTGR RDE fuel fabrication plant in Indonesia.Keywords: RDE, Indonesia, HTGR, fuel, strategy.

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Nuclear Applications for Ultra‐High Temperature Ceramics and MAX Phases

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Giorgi

Harrison

et al. 2014

Ultra‐High Temperature Ceramics

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Fissile utilization of uranium, thorium, and plutonium fuels for a 60 MWt block‐type high‐temperature gas‐cooled reactor

Irwanto

Pratama

2021

Intl J of Energy Research

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Summary High‐temperature gas reactor (HTGR) is one of the Generation IV nuclear reactors currently undergoing rapid development in the world. The utilization of fissile material becomes an important parameter in HTGR technology because of the use of layered particle‐type fuel that makes it challenging to reprocess. This research aims to compare and optimize the fissile utilization of HTGR 60 MWt using UO2, (Th‐U)O2, and (Pu‐U)O2. The utilization of fissile material on HTGR is being studied in this research by using the SRAC (Standard Reactor Analysis Code) version 2006 and the Japanese Evaluated Nuclear Data Library (JENDL) version 4.0. Parametric surveys are performed for important neutronic parameters, including analyzing the effects of fuel enrichment and the coated fuel particle (CFP) amount. Fissile materials are analyzed on a 1% to 20% enrichment level, and the CFP number is varied from 4470 to 26 830. The neutronic parameters taken into account are k‐inf, conversion ratio (CR), the density of fissile and fertile material, and neutron energy spectrum. The results suggest that 11% of fuel enrichment and CFP number between 8950 and 11 180 are optimal for 60MWt HTGR. The highest fuel utilization level at the end of the reactor period was achieved by Pu‐based fuel, with 81.6% of utilized fissile material.

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Current status and future development of coated fuel particles for high temperature gas-cooled reactors

Cited by 62 publications

References 22 publications

The Strategy to Support HTGR fuels for The 10 MW Indonesia's Experimental Power Reactor (RDE)

The Strategy to Support HTGR fuels for The 10 MW Indonesia's Experimental Power Reactor (RDE)

Nuclear Applications for Ultra‐High Temperature Ceramics and MAX Phases

Fissile utilization of uranium, thorium, and plutonium fuels for a 60 MWt block‐type high‐temperature gas‐cooled reactor

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