Amazon And Laurene Powell Jobs Are Betting On This Nuclear Reactor Startup
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This method is known as a pebble-bed reactor (PBR). This design can be cooled using similar methods as traditional nuclear ...
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Potential PBMR project renewal crucial for S Africa’s energy security
Sustainable energy solutions provider Blue Pointer Energy has expressed strong support for the renewed call to revive the Pebble Bed ... nuclear reactors, the PBMR offers significant safety ...
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Gas cooled reactors
A commercial demonstration power plant, the pebble bed module reactor, is currently under construction in Shidao Bay ... systematic approach to the identification and development of key enabling ...
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No-Melt Nuclear ‘Power Balls’ Might Win A Few Hearts And Minds
Stripped of these redundant, space-hogging safety measures ... and it’s designed to work with the company’s pebble bed reactor that produces 1/8th the power of a standard reactor.
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China unveils world’s 1st meltdown-proof nuclear reactor with 105 MW capacity
One such design is a high-temperature reactor with a pebble-bed module (HTR—PM). What is a Pebble-bed Module nuclear reactor?