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PuHMPR is a cutting-edge reactor design featuring TRISO-coated particle fuel blocks and advanced safety features like Helium coolant and Reactor Cavity Cooling System. With reduced carbon emissions, high burnup efficiency, and excellent containment of fission products, it offers a cost-effective and environmentally friendly solution for power generation.
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PuHMPRPlutonium-Helium Modular Power Reactor Hudson Rowland, Jake Levy, YigongZhang, Justin Dorazio
-2.70 Startup Void Coefficient of Reactivity
Transient keff 725 GWd/MTHM over whole fuel cycle
Number Density of Pu-239 Fuel Cycle Length = 900 days
600 MWt 450 MWt 25 MWt 350 MWt
90% of initial 238Pu is destroyed in fuel cycle • Fuel is 30 w/o 240Pu after first 1/3 burnup cycle • 60 years for two plants to burn 34 metric tonnesWGPu. Proliferation
Negative coefficient of reactivity • Helium coolant • TRISO particles • Graphite moderator • Reactor Cavity Cooling System (RCCS) Safety Features
Can run 28.62 Gwe-year on the 34 metric tonneWGPu the US has. • $1.025 billion capital cost • $58, 314 per kgHM fuel Economics
Reduced carbon emissions and fission products per kW-h produced due to high efficiency and burnup. • Triso particles help to contain fission products. • About half as much heat released into environment compared to typical light water reactor. Environmental