Pebble bed modular reactor

Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty) Ltd
Company typeEngineering
IndustryNuclear
Founded1994
Headquarters,
South Africa
Area served
South Africa, International
Key people
CEO: Alex Tsela (acting since March 2010)
ServicesDesign, Project Management and Related Services
Number of employees
Est. 900, reduction to 9
Websitehttp://www.pbmr.com

The Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) is a particular design of pebble bed reactor developed by South African company PBMR (Pty) Ltd from 1994 until 2009.[1] PBMR facilities include gas turbine and heat transfer labs at the Potchefstroom Campus of North-West University, and at Pelindaba, a high pressure and temperature helium test rig, as well as a prototype fuel fabrication plant.[2] A planned test reactor at Koeberg Nuclear Power Station was not built.

  1. ^ http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-PBMR_postponed-1109092.html World Nuclear News 11 September 2009
  2. ^ "South Africa seeks to revive PBMR project". Nuclear Engineering International. Progressive Media International. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2021.