Examination on small-sized cogeneration HTGR for developing countries

Sakaba, Nariaki ; Tachibana, Yukio ; Shimakawa, Satoshi; Ohashi, Hirofumi ; Sato, Hiroyuki  ; Yan, X.; Murakami, Tomoyuki; Ohashi, Kazutaka; Nakagawa, Shigeaki  ; Goto, Minoru  ; Ueta, Shohei   ; Mozumi, Yasuhiro; Imai, Yoshiyuki  ; Tanaka, Nobuyuki ; Okuda, Hiroyuki; Iwatsuki, Jin ; Kubo, Shinji  ; Takada, Shoji; Nishihara, Tetsuo ; Kunitomi, Kazuhiko 

The small-sized and safe cogeneration High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR) that can be used not only for electric power generation but also for hydrogen production and district heating is considered one of the most promising nuclear reactors for developing countries where sufficient infrastructure such as power grids is not provided. Thus, the small-sized cogeneration HTGR, named High Temperature Reactor 50-Cogeneration (HTR50C), was studied assuming that it should be constructed in developing countries. Specification, equipment configuration, etc. of the HTR50C were determined, and economical evaluation was made. As a result, it was shown that the HTR50C is economically competitive with small-sized light water reactors.