MWt

Its 400 MWt size means it can be shipped by rail and cooled by natural circulation.

Small nuclear power reactors 2009

US experience with small light water reactors (LWRs) has been of very small military power plants, such as the 11 MWt, 1.5 MWe (net) PM-3A nuclear reactor which operated at McMurdo Sound in Antarctica 1962-72, generating a total of 78 million kWh.

Small nuclear power reactors 2009

The Chinese NHR-200 is a simple and robust 200 MWt integral PWR design for district heating or desalination.

Small nuclear power reactors 2009

A smaller Russian OKBM PWR unit under development is the ABV, with a range of sizes from 45 MW thermal (ABV-6M) down to 18 MWt (ABV-3), giving 4-18 MWe outputs.

Small nuclear power reactors 2009

This is an integral 210 MWt, 55 MWe PWR with inherent safety features.

Small nuclear power reactors 2009

The reference GFR unit is 1200 MWe, with thick steel reactor pressure vessel and three 800 MWt loops.

Generation IV nuclear reactors 2009

The total cost of the 500 MWt ITER comprises about half for the ten-year construction and half for 20 years of operation.

Nuclear fusion power 2009

The reactor was built adjacent to the 40 MWt Fast Breeder Test Reactor, in which the ThO2 is irradiated.

Thorium 2009

An 80 MWt experimental demonstration GFR, ALLEGRO, is planned by Euratom by 2011.

Generation IV nuclear reactors 2009

The Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) is developing the MRX, a small (50-300 MWt) integral PWR reactor for marine propulsion or local energy supply (30 MWe).

Small nuclear power reactors 2009