The Polish Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) has signed a contract with the ministry of education paving the way for a three-year programme to help the development of high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) technology in the country.
Under the agreement, NCBJ will receive about €13.3m from the government over three years for the development of a basic design of an HTGR device, with “an initial level of detail.”
According to NCBJ’s director Krzysztof Kurek, laboratory facilities will need to be built at the facility, primarily for the testing of materials to be used in an HTGR.
“Materials for this type of devices must work under extreme conditions, like high temperatures, high pressures, and exposure to neutron radiation,” he said.
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