Core Design of Ultra-high Temperature Reactor for MHD Power Generation

The research work about magneto hydrodynamics (MHD) reactor core was performed in this paper. After a comparison between the graphite-based fuel and the cermet fuel, the cermet fuel was chosen for the MHD reactor design. A MHD reactor core scheme was presented as well as the calculation results of the reactor core physics and thermal-hydraulics. The calculation and analysis of launch crash accident were also carried out. The calculation result can meet the design requirement.