The reason uranium was touted to be a good investment was that China was investing heavily in Pebble Bed reactors to meet their burgeoning energy demands.
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One company, Chicago-based Exelon Corp ., was working with an international consortium to develop a radical new design known as the " pebble bed " reactor.
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In 2006, he became General Manager of Business Development Operations at the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor Company in South Africa, and held the position until December 2008.
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In 1947 Daniels conceived the pebble bed reactor, in which helium rises through fissioning uranium oxide or carbide pebbles and cools them by carrying away heat for power production.
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The pebble bed reactor is an example of a reactor exhibiting an inherently safe process that is also capable of providing a passive safety component for all operational modes.
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Earlier the same month, Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan announced the ANC government decision to mothball the Pebble bed modular reactor project after more than 11 years of research.
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The "'Pebble Bed Modular Reactor "'( "'PBMR "') is a particular design of pebble bed reactor under development by South African company PBMR ( Pty ) Ltd since 1994.
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The "'Pebble Bed Modular Reactor "'( "'PBMR "') is a particular design of pebble bed reactor under development by South African company PBMR ( Pty ) Ltd since 1994.
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Only in the western Pyrenees is the Lower Carboniferous ( Mississippian ) distinguished from the Devonian sediments by an unconformity, starting off marine with a transgressive quartz pebble bed.
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This is overlain by an easily identified very coarse grained sandstone known as the Top Ashdown Pebble Bed, which is considered to be part of the overlying Wadhurst Clay Formation.
