HTR-10

HTR-10 is a 10 MWt prototype high-temperature gas-cooled, pebble-bed reactor at Tsinghua University in China. Construction began in 1995, achieving its first criticality in December 2000, and was operated in full power condition in January 2003.^[1]

HTR-10
Control room of HTR-10 reactor
Country	People's Republic of China
Location	Tsinghua University
Coordinates	40°15′26″N 116°08′59″E
Status	Operational
Construction began	1995
Commission date	January 2003
Owner(s)	Tsinghua University
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	pebble-bed reactor HTGR
Cooling source	Helium
Power generation
Units operational	10 MW

Two HTR-PM reactors, scaled up versions of the HTR-10 with 250-MWt capacity, were installed at the Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Plant near the city of Rongcheng in Shandong Province and achieved first criticality in September 2021.

Development

The Institute of Nuclear Energy Technology (INET) of Tsinghua University is the lead designer for the HTR-10 reactor. The project was approved by the State Council in March 1992. The Design Criteria and Safety Analysis Report for the HTR-10 were approved in August 1992 and March 1993. In August 1994, Siemens/Interatom reviewed the fundamental design of the HTR-10 and exchanged knowledge gained from their advanced design efforts on the HTR-MODUL with INET. Like the HTR-MODUL, HTR-10 is claimed to be fundamentally safer,^[2] potentially cheaper and more efficient than other nuclear reactor designs.^[3] Outlet temperature ranges between 700 and 750 °C (1,300–1,375 °F).^[4][5]

HTR-10 is a pebble-bed high-temperature gas reactor utilizing spherical fuel elements with ceramic coated fuel particles. The reactor core has a diameter of 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in), a mean height of 1.97 metres (6 ft 6 in) and the volume of 5.0 cubic metres (180 cu ft), and is surrounded by graphite reflectors. The core is composed of 27,000 fuel elements. The fuel elements use low enriched uranium with a design mean burn up of 80,000 MWd/t. The pressure of the primary helium coolant circuit is 3.0 megapascals (440 psi).^[4]

See also

• China portal
• Energy portal
• Nuclear technology portal

• Pebble bed modular reactor
• High-temperature engineering test reactor

References

1. HTR-10, Tsinghua University, 2010, archived from the original on 2011-09-28, retrieved 2023-02-27
2. Hu, Shouyin; Wang, Ruipian; Gao, Zuying (2004), "Safety Demonstration Tests On HTR-10", Proceedings of the Conference on High Temperature Reactors, Beijing, China: 1–16, archived from the original on 2011-07-25, retrieved 2010-04-26
3. "Evaluation of high temperatures gas cooled reactors performance: Benchmark analysis related to initial testing of HTTR and HTR-10 reactors" (PDF). IAEA. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
4. "The High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor Test Module Core Physics Benchmarks; from google (htr-10 fuel) result 3" (PDF). 2002.
5. Key components of second HTR-PM reactor connected WNN, 25 March 2020

External links

• Let a Thousand Reactors Bloom article at Wired News.
• April 2014: presentation given to the IAEA: HTR Progress in China