Neutron shielding panels for reactor pressure vessels
Patent
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OSTI ID:1032715
- Murrysville, PA
In a nuclear reactor neutron panels varying in thickness in the circumferential direction are disposed at spaced circumferential locations around the reactor core so that the greatest radial thickness is at the point of highest fluence with lesser thicknesses at adjacent locations where the fluence level is lower. The neutron panels are disposed between the core barrel and the interior of the reactor vessel to maintain radiation exposure to the vessel within acceptable limits.
- Research Organization:
- Nustart Energy Development
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC07-05ID14636
- Assignee:
- Westinghouse Electric Company LLC (Cranberry Township, PA)
- Patent Number(s):
- 8,064,564
- Application Number:
- 12/275,525
- OSTI ID:
- 1032715
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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