LIQUID COOLED NUCLEAR REACTOR
Patent
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OSTI ID:4058896
A nuclear reactor with high operating pressure, such as a pressurized water reactor, in which the coolant is maintained in a liquid state in the pressure vessel rather than being evaporated is described. The reactor consists of an active lattice with a space below the lattice in the vessel in which vaporized coolant is maintained at a pressure sufficient to maintain the coolant surrounding the active lattice in a liquid state. There are two compartments in the vessel, one containing the active lattice and being filled with coolant, the other containing heating means and being partly filled with liquid coolant and containing permeable plugs. The heating means vaporizes coolant in the upper compartment. The pressure is transmitted to the lower compartment by the permeable plugs. The vaporized coolant is generated outside the reactor vessel and there are means for injecting liquid coolant into the vaporized coolant thereby reducing the pressure of the vaporized coolant. (N.W.R.)
- Research Organization:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- NSA Number:
- NSA-15-021882
- OSTI ID:
- 4058896
- Report Number(s):
- CA 613363
- Country of Publication:
- Canada
- Language:
- English
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