Compared to traditional nuclear reactors, the PBMR offers significant safety and operational efficiency advancements, Mabila explains. For instance, the PBMR uses helium as a coolant, which ...

Companies developing small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs ... small modular reactor project at South Africa’s Pebble Bed Modular Reactor). The startup’s team also has several folks from ...

When many engineers and scientists who worked on the project point out that we were the first country with a commercial gas-cooled reactor, the critics quickly snap back, saying the PBMR was ...

South African high-temperature gas-cooled reactor developer Stratek Global has announced a strategic partnership with ...

South Africa was a world leader in the development of small modular reactors (SMRs), such as the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR), a project shelved in 2010 under then President Jacob Zuma.