Very-high-temperature reactor development

Furthermore, industrial prospects for high temperature electrochemical or thermochemical processes and the temperature involved, together with non-hydrogen related applications of process heat, will impact the development strategy of high or very high temperature reactors. 

Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) Survey of Materials Research and Development Needs to Support Early Deployment, INL/EXT-03-004-141, January 31, 2003. 

Very-high-temperature reactor research and development... 

In China, the very-high—temperature reactor (VHTR) concept has another name, the high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR), which has been developed since the... 

T. Shibata, J. Sumita, T. Makita, Research and developments on C/C composite for very high temperature reactor (VHTR) application, Ceram. Nucl. Appl. 30 (10) (2009). 

We used the same methodology to evaluate the three other cycles identified as promising. Of the four examined, the Cu-Cl had higher Level 1 and Level 2 efficiencies, 48 and 42.4%, respectively, than the others. In addition, proof-of-concept experiments have been completed for all reactions. It is therefore one of tlie more promising candidates for further development. Both cycles can be coupled with the very high temperature gas reactor. 

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