Table 1: GT-MHR nominal power operating parameters

Reactor power (MWt) 600
Core inlet/outlet temperatures ( 0C) 491/850
Core inlet/outlet pressures (MPa) 7.07/7.02
Helium mass flow rate (kg/s) 320
Turbine inlet/outlet temperatures (celcius) 848/511
Turbine inlet/outlet pressures (MPa) 7.01/2.64
Recuperator hot side inlet/outlet temperatures ( 0C) 511/125
Recuperator cold side inlet/outlet temperatures ( 0C) 105/491
Net electrical output (MWe) 284
Net plant efficiency (%) 47

The Modular Helium Reactor for the Twenty-First Century:
Malcolm P. La Bar & Walter A. Simon

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