Requirements versus design

Accelerator 

Spallation target 

Subcritical core 

 

Fuel 

 

Engineering 

 

Subcriticality 

 

Power 

The power produced

The prime goal of MYRRHA is research and not energy production. This means that the total power should be kept as low as possible since it has large implications on the size and cost of all components and thus on the system as a whole.

Power