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Title: NEUTRONIC REACTOR WITH ACCESSIBLE THIMBLE AND EMERGENCY COOLING FEATURES

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4182217

BS>A safety system for a water-moderated reactor is described. The invention comprises a reservoir system for spraying the fuel elements within a fuel assembly with coolant and keeping them in a continuous bath even if the coolant moderator is lost from the reactor vessel. A reservoir gravity feeds one or more nozzels positioned within each fuel assembly which continually forces water past the fuel elements.

Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-14-016429
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 2926127
OSTI ID:
4182217
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English