NUCLEAR SUPERHEAT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. Second Quarterly Progress Report for October-December 1959

Technical Report · Mon Oct 31 04:00:00 EST 1960

OSTI ID:4182185

Studies of various boiler-superheater core configurations and of fuel elements and control methods were carried out. The most attractive concept appeared to be one in which a central boiler region is surrounded by an annular region in which both boiling and superheating occur. Outlet steam conditions are 1200 psig and 1050 deg F. Other core configurations and fuel elements are being considered. Heat transfer studies indicated that the tendency of combination boiler-superheater fuel elements to transfer a smaller fraction of heat to the steam as the total power output decreases was reduced considerably by the use of a doubleannular boiler-superheater element. Preliminary results of reactor physics analyses are reported. The CEND critical facility was modified for performance of critical experiments on boiler-superheater core lattices. It was decided to proceed to large-scale high-pressure tests of steam-water separators after a minimum of preliminary small-scale experimerts at low pressure. Materials and components are being procured for the experiments on the 17.3-Mw(e) BONUS Reactor. (W.D.M.)

• Research Organization: Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, Conn.; General Nuclear Engineering Corp., Dunedin, Fla.
• NSA Number: NSA-14-016444
• OSTI ID: 4182185
• Report Number(s): GNEC-125
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BOILING
BONUS
CONFIGURATION
CONTROL
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CRITICALITY
FUEL ELEMENTS
HEAT TRANSFER
HIGH TEMPERATURE
MEASURED VALUES
POWER PLANTS
REACTOR CORE
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
REACTORS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
STEAM
SUPERHEATING
TESTING
WATER COOLANT
WATER MODERATOR
ZONES