Compact nuclear power systems based on particle bed reactors

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5397547

Horn, F L; Powell, J R; Steinberg, M; Takahashi, H

Compact, low cost nuclear power systems with an extremely low radioactive inventory are described. These systems use the Particle Bed Reactor (PBR), in which HTGR particle fuel is contained in packed beds that are changed daily. The small diameter particle fuel (500 ..mu..m) is directly cooled utilizing the large heat transfer area available (7.8 m/sup 2//liter), thus allowing high bed power densities (MW/liter).

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 5397547
• Report Number(s): BNL-38379; CONF-860601-8; ON: DE86014169
• Resource Relation: Conference: 4. international conference on emerging nuclear energy systems, Madrid, Spain, 30 Jun 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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