On-line refueling for the Advanced High Temperature Reactor (AHTR)

摘要

Several academic and commercial organizations around the world are developing the Fluoride salt-cooled High-temperature Reactor (FHR) technology, due to its safety features and potential to generate high temperature energy for electricity and process heat applications. The Advanced High Temperature Reactor (AHTR) being considered in this study is a FHR design developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). It is based on the use of graphite as moderator, FLiBe as coolant, and hexagonal fuel elements with fuel plates (or "planks") composed of TRISO particles embedded in a carbonaceous matrix.