The very high temperature reactor (VHTR), or high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR), is a Generation IV reactor concept that uses a graphite-moderated nuclear reactor with a once-through uranium fuel cycle. The VHTR is a type of high temperature reactor (HTR) that can conceptually have an outlet temperature of 1000°C. The reactor core can be either a “prismatic block” or a "pebble-bed" core. The high temperatures enable applications such as process heat or hydrogen production via the thermochemical sulfur-iodine cycle.
Read more about Very High Temperature Reactor: Overview, History, Safety Features and Other Benefits
Famous quotes containing the words high and/or temperature:
“The high plains, the beginning of the desert West, often act as a crucible for those who inhabit them. Like Jacob’s angel, the region requires that you wrestle with it before it bestows a blessing.”
—Kathleen Norris (b. 1947)
“The siren south is well enough, but New York, at the beginning of March, is a hoyden we would not care to miss—a drafty wench, her temperature up and down, full of bold promises and dust in the eye.”
—E.B. (Elwyn Brooks)