Modular Pebble Bed Reactor (MPBR)

The pebble bed reactor (PBR) is a design, recently revived by the South African utility, ESKOM.

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Related References

• About the Modular Pebble Bed Reactor, PBMR (Pty) Ltd.
• PMBR Technical Information, PMBR (Pty) Ltd.
• The Modular Pebble Bed Reactor Concept, Design Course 22.33/.033 presentation, University of Cincinnati/Ohio State University (Sept. 98) - Table of Contents 
• Modular Pebble Bed Reactor, MIT/INEEL Pebble Bed Reactor (PBR) (Apr. 99)
• Development of the South African Pebble Bed Modular Reactor System, Kelvin Kemm, The Uranium Institute 24th Annual International Symposium (1999)
• Pebble Bed Reactor, Light Water Reactors and Their Advances, Nuclear Engineering 201: Advanced Energy Systems, University of Illinois
• PMBR Environmental Impact Assessment Webpage - Proposed Demonstration PMBR (Zipfile - 6.87 MB);  Fuel Manufacture & transportation  (Zipfile - 1.61 MB); Supporting Documents
• Arguments on the Construction of Pebble Bed Modular Reactors in South Africa, Steve Thomas, Senior Fellow with the SPRU Environment and Energy Programme (Feb. 99)
• MUENSTER,2-D R-Z GEOM Thermohydraulics Calculation for Pebble-Bed Reactor 

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