HTR-PM Project Progress

Fu LIINET, Tsinghua University, China

lifu@tsinghua.edu.cn

2nd RCM on High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor Physics, Thermal-Hydraulics and Depletion Uncertainty Analysis

Coordinated Research Project (CRP) I31020 2-5 December 2014IAEA headquarter

Overview of China NPPs

Statistics data for all Chinese NPPs: Operating NPPs:

21 units 19.0 GWe (2.2% of total installed capacity)

NPP Under construction: 27 units 29.5 GWe

Up to Aug. 2014

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Overview of China NPPs

Recent news: Oct.9 2014: Government announced

Hongyanhe unit #2 commercial operation since May 13 2014

Oct.21 2104: Fangjiashan unit #1 reached first criticality

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Overview of China NPPs

Recent news: Chinese government launched project for

preparation of 13th 5-years plan (implementation will be started from 2016) For all aspects For nuclear power: how many new

construction, R&D plan, … HTR will be in the list

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HTR-PM demonstration plant

HTR-PM: High temperature gas cooled reactor—pebble-bed module

HTR-PM main features Modular HTR with pebble bed core

Inherent safety, small size of power, capable of process heat application

2 reactors with 1 steam turbine 200MWe

One kind of SMR5

Site for HTR-PM85公里。

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Plant overview

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HTR-PM development team As one of national key technology projects, including

research, design, licensing, manufacturing, construction, fuel fabrication, operation, test,…, with many partners

Government

HSNPCOwner of HTR-PM Demonstration Plant

Established in 2006

Chinergy Co.Contractor of Nuclear Island (EPC)

Established in 2003

INETR&D, general design, design of key components in reactor plant

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Recent progress

Design 2004: Started standard design 2008: Finished basic design 2009: Started engineering design

Manufacturing of key components 2008: Signed the contract -now: almost finished

Licensing 2008-2009: PSAR assessment 2016: FSAR assessment 9

Recent progress

Construction 2008: site preparation 2012.12.9: FCD -now: building reach to 14.5m

now: installation was started in parallel 2017: connect to grid

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Recent progress

Experiments 2010: building of LAB finished 2012: 10MW helium test loop finished -now: many experiments on schedule

Test of components and systems in fullscale: CRDM, SAS, blower, SG, FHSS, …

For licensing: pebble flow, pebble bedconductivity, hot gas mixing, graphitecorrosion, graphite dust, seismic of graphitestructure, operation of HTR-10, …

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Recent progress

Fuel fabrication 2010: Experimental production line 2012: irradiation samples 2013.6: building of plant finished 2014.3: Installation of equipment 2015: production

Power plant operation 2017:

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PHOTO for HTR-PM FCD

Dec.9, 2012

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Photo of April 9,2014

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Photo of Aug.21, 2014

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Photo of Oct.31, 2014

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Photo of Oct.31, 2014

During HTR2014

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Conclusion remarks

HTR-PM demonstration plant progresses well

HTR-PM demonstration plant scheduled to operation in the end of 2017 Although big pressure for designers,

manufacturers, workers,… International cooperation is valuable, like

this CRP

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