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• Pebble-bed reactor loses funding

  PBMR to lay off 75% of staff The South African government will stop funding research and development work on the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR). About 600 of the 800 staff will be let go which is expected to trigger an exodus of nuclear expertise from the country. Public Enterprise Minister Barbara Hogan told Bloomberg wire service from Cape Town Feb 18 the government can no longer afford to fund... Posted Feb 25 2010, 10:45 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: PBMR, pebble bed, South Africa, Eskom

• PBMR joins forces with China on pebble bed technology

  It's a quantum leap in overcoming the "not invented here" paradigm Hat tip to Rod Adams at South Africa and China have agreed to joint development of pebble bed reactor technology A press release from Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty) Ltd ( PBMR ) of South Africa indicates that firm has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Beijing on 26 March 2009 between the Chinese and the South... Posted Mar 30 2009, 10:08 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: PBMR, China, pebble bed

• Idaho is not likely to be nuclear soon

  In the third decade of this century Idaho Power may buy electricity from INL's "Next Generation" nuclear plant Hat tip to Dave Bradish and his team at NEI Nuclear Notes The Mountain Express out of Mountain Home, ID has a news note for June 2 that reports sometime in the third decade of this century Idaho Power will consider acquiring electricity from a planned " Next Generation "... Posted Jun 02 2008, 02:02 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: pebble bed, NGNP, Idaho Power

• China pushes plans for 200 Mw HTGR

  The Pebble Bed reactor gets a commercial boost Interfax reports from China that country will launch a new program to develop high temperature gas-cooled reactor ( HTGR ) a government official said at an industrial forum in Beijing this week. Cao Shudong, a senior official with China's Atomic Energy Agency, said at the China Nuclear Power Summit 2007 organized by Lnoppen that the Chinese government... Posted Nov 14 2007, 10:34 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: China, pebble bed

• PBMR Manufacturing Suspended

  Paperwork is the problem A setback to the pebble bed modular reactor (PMBR) project has been revealed in the annual report of the state-owned entity developing these small-scale, high temperature nuclear power plants. In the annual report to Parliament this week, the chief executive of PMBR Limited, a subsidiary of Eskom, Jaco Kriek, wrote that an instruction was given to Eskom during the year by the... Posted Sep 07 2007, 07:19 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: PBMR, pebble bed, South Africa