Other reactors that bolstered TRISO research and development include the 1967-completed 46-MWth Arbeitsgemeinschaft Versuchsreaktor (AVR) unit in Germany—the first “pebble-bed” reactor design.

Triso— short for “tristructural isotropic ... The Xe-100 is a small pebble-bed reactor that is designed to produce just 75 megawatts of power. (For the sake of comparison, the smallest ...

The annular Pebble Bed Advanced High Temperature Reactor (PB-AHTR) design has a nominal thermal power output of 900 MWth (and electrical output of 410 MWe). The PB-AHTR differs from conventional ...

This is where pebble bed plants, and the special fuel they use, enter the picture. The Chinese research team uses TRISO fuel (short for tristructural isotrope), which comes in a form similar to a ...

The story of the pebble bed reactor (PBR) is among the most interesting here, with its development winding its way from the US Manhattan Project over the Atlantic to Germany’s nuclear power ...

Eskom has now issued a request for an Expression of Interest for the "commercialisation of Pebble Bed Modular Reactor SOC Ltd (PBMR Ltd), design, development, manufacturing and construction of small ...

He said the 35 MWe reactor's relatively small size - it takes up an area less than a football pitch - meant it could be used in a wide variety of locations, including for industrial and other ...

The company says its pebble-shaped fuel, which contains TRISO particles, cannot melt in an advanced reactor. Two TRISO-X plants in Oak Ridge could one day employ around 1,000 people to support new ...

Each TRISO-X pebble contains about 18,000 pellets and is equivalent to several tons of coal. Once loaded into a small modular reactor, the pebbles provide a steady source of carbon-free heat.

This is where pebble bed plants, and the special fuel they use, enter the picture. The Chinese research team uses TRISO fuel (short for tristructural isotrope), which comes in a form similar to a ...