IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO NUCLEAR REACTORS

Patent · Wed Sep 21 04:00:00 EDT 1960

OSTI ID:4122720

Eltham, B E

A high-pressure CO/sub 2/-cooled heavy-water-moderated reactor is designed in which the moderator is subjected to the gas pressure at a gas/ moderator interface in a pipe leading from the gas circuit the moderator tank. Cooling coils surrounding the pipe near the interface produce an interface temperature of 5 to l5 deg C (gas temperature approximately 240 deg ) so that little heavy water is vaporized, and the CO/sub 2/-saturated heavy water in the pipe is slow to diffuse into the task. In addition, a recombination unit is enclosed in the gas circuit above the interface so that rudiolysis products (D/ sub 2/ and O/sub 2/) can be recombined and returned to the tank. (D.L.C.)

• Research Organization: Originating Research Org. not identified
• NSA Number: NSA-15-001037
• OSTI ID: 4122720
• Report Number(s): GB 849308
• Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• Language: English

Related Subjects

CARBON DIOXIDE
COOLANT LOOPS
COOLING
DECOMPOSITION
DEUTERIUM
GAS COOLANT
HEAVY WATER
HEAVY WATER MODERATOR
OXYGEN
PIPES
PRESSURE
RADIATION CHEMISTRY
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
REACTORS
TEMPERATURE
VAPORS