Editing Pebble bed modular reactor (section)

{{Short description|South African nuclear reactor design}}
{{Use South African English|date=June 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox company
|name             = Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty) Ltd
|logo             = PBMR logo.svg
|type             = Engineering
|foundation       = 1994
|location_city    = [[Centurion, Gauteng]]
|location_country = South Africa
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|key_people       = CEO: Alex Tsela (acting since March 2010)
|area_served      = South Africa, International
|industry         = Nuclear
|products         =
|services         = Design, Project Management and Related Services
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|num_employees    = Est. 900, reduction to 9
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|homepage         = http://www.pbmr.com
|dissolved        =
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The '''Pebble Bed Modular Reactor''' ('''PBMR''') is a particular design of [[pebble bed reactor]] developed by South African company PBMR (Pty) Ltd from 1994 until 2009.<ref>http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-PBMR_postponed-1109092.html World Nuclear News 11 September 2009</ref> PBMR facilities include gas turbine and heat transfer labs at the Potchefstroom Campus of [[North-West University]], and at [[Pelindaba]], a high pressure and temperature helium test rig, as well as a prototype fuel fabrication plant.<ref name="NEI">{{cite web |title=South Africa seeks to revive PBMR project |url=https://www.neimagazine.com/news/newssouth-africa-seeks-to-revive-pbmr-project-7765057 |website=Nuclear Engineering International |publisher=Progressive Media International |access-date=18 May 2021 |date=10 February 2020}}</ref> A planned test reactor at [[Koeberg Nuclear Power Station]] was not built.