[en] The high pressure helium and water/steam are respectively used as the primary and secondary coolant for the pebble-bed modular high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR). Loss-of-water accident is one of the typical design basis accident (DBA), which would be caused by malfunction or current failure of the feed water pump, as well as the false action of the feed water valve. During the loss-of-water accident, due to the loss of the secondary heat sink, the temperature and pressure of primary coolant will increase. Subsequently, the reactor scram will be triggered by the protective signal of the “high flow rate proportion of primary circuit and secondary circuit” or the “high core inlet helium temperature”. For this type of the accident, the earlier open of the safety valve of the primary circuit should be avoided by reactor design. Based on the preliminary design of the 250 MW pebble-bed modular high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTR-PM), with the coupled analysis code TINTE-BLAST, accidents with different slowdown rate of the feed water supply have been studied. The important parameters, including the reactor power, fuel element temperature, inlet/outlet helium temperature of the core, and especially the primary pressure, are analyzed. The consequences with first scram signal succeeding or failing are compared. The results can prove that, according to the current design of the protection system, this kind of accident can be detected in time. The scram signal will trigger the reactor shut down quickly, without causing the earlier open of the safety valve. After the reactor is successfully shut down, due to the inherent safety feature of the HTGR, the temperature and the pressure in the primary circuit will increase very slowly. The temperature of the fuel element, as well as that of the components, will not exceed the design limitations. (author)