Editing Pebble-bed reactor (section)

=== South Africa ===
{{Main|Pebble bed modular reactor}}
In June 2004, it was announced that a new PBMR would be built at [[Koeberg]], [[South Africa]] by [[Eskom]], the government-owned electrical utility to operate at {{convert|940|C}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eia.doe.gov/cabs/safrenv.html |title=South Africa: Energy and Environmental Issues |work=EIA Country Analysis Briefs |publisher=[[Energy Information Administration]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204042807/http://www.eia.doe.gov/cabs/safrenv.html |archive-date=2007-02-04 |access-date=2015-12-15 }}</ref> The PBMR project was opposed by groups such as [[Koeberg Alert]] and [[Earthlife Africa]], the latter of which  sued Eskom.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jul2005/2005-07-04-03.asp|title=Earthlife Africa Sues for Public Power Giant's Nuclear Plans|date=2005-07-04|work=[[Environment News Service]]|access-date=2006-10-18}}</ref> The reactor was never completed and the testing facility was decommissioned and placed in a "care and maintenance mode" to protect the IP and the assets.<ref>{{cite web |author=Linda Ensor |date=2010-09-17 |title=Hogan ends pebble bed reactor project |url=http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=121307 |access-date=2013-09-05 |publisher=Businessday.co.za}}</ref>

A Pretoria-based company, Stratek Global, created a variant of the PBMR reactor. The Stratek HTMR-100 reactor functions at {{convert|750|C}}. It directs the heat into water to create steam and is helium-cooled. The HTMR-100 reactor produces output of 35 MWe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HTMR-100 team aim for pebble bed SMR in South Africa : New Nuclear - World Nuclear News |url=https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/HTMR-100-team-aim-for-PBMR-SMR-in-South-Africa |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=www.world-nuclear-news.org}}</ref>