HTR-PM

HTR-PM demonstration plant
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CountryPeople's Republic of China
LocationShidao Bay Nuclear Power Plant, Rongcheng, Weihai, Shandong
Coordinates36°58′20″N 122°31′44″E / 36.97222°N 122.52889°E / 36.97222; 122.52889
StatusOperational
Construction began9 December 2012 (2012-12-09)
Commission date20 December 2021
Nuclear power station
Reactor typepebble-bed reactor HTGR
Power generation
Nameplate capacity
  • 210 MW
  • 500 MWth

The HTR-PM (Chinese: 球床模块式高温气冷堆核电站) is a Chinese small modular nuclear reactor. It is a high-temperature gas-cooled (HTGR) pebble-bed generation IV reactor evolved from the HTR-10 prototype. The technology is intended to replace coal-fired power plants in China's interior, in line with the country's plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2060.[1]

The first plant, the world's first for this type of reactor, has an electrical output of 210 MW. It began producing power in December 2021 and started commercial operation in late 2023.

  1. ^ "China starts up world's first high-temperature gas-cooled reactor". Global Construction Review. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.