HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEAR REACTOR
Patent
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OSTI ID:4237781
Nuclear reactors of the homogeneous liquid fuel type are discussed. The reactor is comprised of an elongated closed vessel, vertically oriented, having a critical region at the bottom, a lower chimney structure extending from the critical region vertically upwardly and surrounded by heat exchanger coils, to a baffle region above which is located an upper chimney structure containing a catalyst functioning to recombine radiolyticallydissociated moderator gages. In operation the liquid fuel circulates solely by convection from the critical region upwardly through the lower chimney and then downwardly through the heat exchanger to return to the critical region. The gases formed by radiolytic- dissociation of the moderator are carried upwardly with the circulating liquid fuel and past the baffle into the region of the upper chimney where they are recombined by the catalyst and condensed, thence returning through the heat exchanger to the critical region.
- Research Organization:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- NSA Number:
- NSA-13-015815
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Number(s):
- US 2874106
- OSTI ID:
- 4237781
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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