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NEUTRONIC REACTOR CHARGING AND DISCHARGING

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4214736
A method and arrangement is presented for removing a fuel element from a neutronic reactor tube through which a liquid coolant is being circulaled. The fuel element is moved into a section of the tube beyond the reactor proper, and then the coolant in the tube between the fuel element and the reactor proper is frozen, so that the fuel element may be removed from the tube without loss of the coolant therein. The method is particularly useful in the case of a liquid metal- cooled reactor.
Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-14-003200
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 2894892
OSTI ID:
4214736
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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