[en] High Temperature Reactors have been designed and operated as far back as the 1970s. A number of critical facilities and test reactors such as the AVR in Germany have operated successfully and have provided scientist and engineers with an opportunity to collect valuable data regarding the performance of the reactor for example, fuel performance, materials behaviour, flow characteristics, improved understanding of neutronics and thermal hydraulics behaviour during normal and transient conditions, etc. Such data is very important for utilization in further technology development especially for modern V/HTRs currently being pursued in IAEA Member States. An assessment of how much data was collected and how it can be of use to developers of future HTGR designs has not been done in the past. This paper aims at highlighting the available data and makes proposals for use of such data for the advancement of the HTGR technology.
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Canadian Nuclear Society, Toronto, Ontario (Canada); 522 Megabytes; ISBN 978-1-926773-03-2; 
; 2011; [24 p.]; Technical meeting on low-power critical facilities and small reactors; Ottawa, Ontario (Canada); 1-3 Nov 2010; Available in slide presentation only.; Available from the Canadian Nuclear Society, Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
; 2011; [24 p.]; Technical meeting on low-power critical facilities and small reactors; Ottawa, Ontario (Canada); 1-3 Nov 2010; Available in slide presentation only.; Available from the Canadian Nuclear Society, Toronto, Ontario (Canada)