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The most interesting project is the Chinese HTR-PM[1] which is a small ~250MW design that is specifically engineered to be run in the Chinese interior where it
by jpgvm 4y ago
The most interesting project is the Chinese HTR-PM[1] which is a small ~250MW design that is specifically engineered to be run in the Chinese interior where it will displace coal power plants.
It lacks the more advanced passive safety of molten-salt designs but it's significantly more advanced than reactors being built anywhere else in the world and is a natural stepping stone to molten salt to replace the helium coolant at some stage.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTR-PM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTR-PM
- philipkglass 4y agoI think that the HTR-PM is interesting too. I submitted a story about it 6 months ago, but it didn't get a lot of traction here: "China Is Home to First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29804547 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29804547