Published 1975 | Version v1
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Aspects of material selection and development for the high-temperature gas-cooled reactor

Creators

  • 1. Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, Winfrith (UK). High Temperature Reactor Project

Description

The high-temperature reactor consists essentially of a non-metallic fuel and core system cooled by helium and is currently capable of raising the coolant to a temperature exceeding 10000C. The thermal energy can be used for steam raising, in a direct-cycle gas-turbine system or for process heat. The metallic mateials problems associated with its practical application are mainly concerned with the corrosive effect of trace impurities in the helium and are being studied by the Dragon Project in a major programme of long-time corrosion and creep testing of a wide range of alloys in simulated HTR helium. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Institution of Metallurgists.
Imprint Place
Whetstone
Imprint Title
Materials in power plant. Spring residential course, 8-10 April 1975
Imprint Pagination
p. 170-176.

Conference

Title
Spring residential course on materials in power plant.
Dates
8 Apr 1975.
Place
Edinburgh, UK.

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
7236266
Subject category
S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ALLOYS; COOLANTS; CORROSION; HELIUM; HTGR TYPE REACTORS; IMPURITIES; MATERIALS TESTING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; POWER REACTORS; REACTOR MATERIALS; TRACE AMOUNTS
Descriptors DEC
CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELEMENTS; GAS COOLED REACTORS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; RARE GASES; REACTORS; TESTING; THERMAL POWER PLANTS