HTR-PM Progress and Further Commercial

Deployment

Frank Wu President of CHINERGY Co.

Sep. 19, 2017, Vienna, IAEA

1, HTR-PM Progress

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HTR-PM Reactor

building

HTR-PM plant building

Cross section 3D-view

Control

building

Auxiliary

building

Spent fuel

storage building

Steam turbine

building

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2004: industry investment agreement was signed

2006: decided to use 2×250 MWt reactor modules with a 200 MWe steam turbine, became a key government R&D project

2008: ATP was issued

2012.12.9: FCD the first concrete poured

Project Milestones

HTR-PM in 2008 HTR-PM in 2009 HTR-PM in 2012.12

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Project progress

2016.8, Manufacture of fuel

elements started

2016.3/9, two RPVs on site

and installed

2015~2016, Metallic internal structure, Water cooling panel, DCS, Simulator, Reverse transmission power, …

2017.6: Reactor 1#, ceramic internals finished

2017.8: 250,000 fuel pebbles produced

2015.6, Civil work of nuclear island

finished

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2, Commercial Deployment

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Chinese HTR development

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Basic research Test reactor

Demonstration plant

1970s 1986, HTR-10

2012, HTR-PM

Commercial plant

2019~

HTR Roles in China

Power generation: supplement to LWR; repowering coal

fired plants

Co-generation to supply steam

Hydrogen production

Commercialization based on HTR-PM experiences

HTR-PM 600MW HTR

Engineering verification tests

Design / Manufacture

Construction / Commissioning

Licensing

Project management

Next Step

Objectives Standardized plant (650MWe) Cogeneration Inherent safety Modularization Economic competitiveness 8

HTR-PM600

6 reactor modules connect to one steam turbine, the same safety features,

the same major components,

the same parameters,

comparing with HTR-PM

the same site area and the same reactor plant building volume comparing with the same size PWRs

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2×HTR-PM600

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Cost of HTR-PM600

which is in China, under the condition:

1，reduce the 1st of a kind costs,

2，increase the plant power Generating Efficiency

3，order 12 reactor modules at the same time.

~2600$/kWe

~0.65 ￠/kWh

0%

20%

40%

60%

PWR

HTR-PM

HTR600

High Generating Efficiency

Regulatory R&D Project: “Regulations, guidelines and safety review technology of HTGR

nuclear power plant”, 2014-2020

Members Regulator: Suzhou Nuclear Power Research Institute, SNPI

Regulator: Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center, MEP

Designer: INET, Tsinghua University

References Safety documents developed by NNSA of China for PWRs

State-of-the-art IAEA safety documents

Progress Code on the Safety of Nuclear Power Plant: Design (2016) is generally

applicable to HTGR

Some safety guides need major revision or new development

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Regulatory for Multi-modular

Standard for high temperature material for HTR(steam generator, Gas-turbine)

Study of off-site emergency response and Planning Restricted Area

Safety Class review for systems and equipments

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Regulatory R&D

Repowering fossil power plant Inherent safety: no reactor core melt-down; very

limited release of radioactive emission in accidents

Research on simplify off-site emergency response Accident consequences of HTR-PM are evaluated with very limited

radiological effects.

HTR-PM owns the conditions of reducing Exclusion Area, Planning Restricted Area and Emergency Planning Zone.

Technically, HTR-PM can simplify the off-site emergency response, without complicated emergency preparedness and large-scale off-site emergency protection operations.

At present, the National Nuclear Emergency Management Agency is reviewing the feasibility of simplifying the off-site emergency response of HTR-PM.

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Site study

Company Site Status

China

Huaneng

Group

Xiapu, Fujian Early site study

China Nuclear

E&C Group

(CNEC)

Ruijin, Jiangxi Preliminary feasibility

study reviewed

Wan’an Fujian Preliminary feasibility

study reviewed

Bai’an, Guangdong Preliminary feasibility

study reviewed

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A series of MOUs on jointly-development of HTGR were signed between CNEC and the following countries & organizations Saudi Arabia

Indonesia

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

South Africa

Amec Foster Wheeler (AMEC), UK

ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE, hosted by Indonesia)

International cooperation

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Thanks for your attention