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FUEL ELEMENT FOR A NEUTRONIC REACTOR

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4177947

A fuel element is presented for a reactor comprising a stack of conical bodies of nonfissionable material disposed with the vertex up carrying wafers of fissionable material in grooves near the periphery. These bodies are in a jacket which contains a thermally conducting liquid immersing the bodies. Gaseous fission preducts pass upwardly through central apertures in the bodies while fragments of fissionable material are trapped by vertical projections or walls on the upper surface of the bodies.

Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-14-007115
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 2905611
OSTI ID:
4177947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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