| The Chinese plan a 200 megawatt
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| | discharge hazardous wastes. The reactor
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| production plant by 2007 and have firm
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| | kicked into idle. The continuous
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| plants for thirty PBMR plants by 2020,
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| | refueling prevents excess reactivity in
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| providing 6 gigawatts. Reports have also
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| | the core, and allows for the ongoing
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| been made that China hopes to deploy up
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| | inspection of the fuel elements.
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| to 300 gigawatts of reactors by 2050. By
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| | The major roadblock thrown up by PBMR
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| comparison, the world's entire nuclear
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| | critics refers to a small accident in
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| energy capacity in 2002 was about 363
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| | 1986 in Germany, which came about when
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| gigawatts. The world's two largest
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| | reactor operators attempted to dislodge a
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| civilian nuclear programs, the United
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| | jammed pebble in a feeder tube. The
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| States and France, amounted to about 160
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| | accident released small amounts of
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| gigawatts. The Pebble Bed Modular Reactor
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| | radiation in the surrounding area.
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| is another reason why many analysts are
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| | Consequently, the West German government
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| underestimating the size and duration of
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| | shut down the research program.
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| the great uranium bull market.
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| | A major advantage of the PBMR is they are
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| The PBMR has attractive safety features.
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| | small and relatively cost-effective for
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| The coolant has no transition phases. The
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| | mass manufacturer. Industry insiders told
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| helium coolant remains as a gas, which is
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| | me the Chinese hope to mass market these,
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| inert and fireproof. Few neutrons are
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| | at some future time, for export around
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| absorbed so the coolant remains less
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| | the world. The South Africans already
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| radioactive. The moderator is solid
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| | plan to do so after building their first
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| carbon, does not act as a coolant and
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| | PBMR at Koeberg, South Africa (on the
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| does not have transitions as does light
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| | Atlantic coast about 18 miles from Cape
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| water in a conventional reactor. In an
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| | Town). France may have its first PBMR by
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| actual test, a pebble bed reactor had all
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| | 2020. Others may have one before then,
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| of its supporting machinery fail. The
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| | and many more should have the PBMR
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| reactor did not crack, melt, explode or
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| | afterward.
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