METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF A FAST REACTOR
A specific arrangement of the fertile material and fissionable material in the active portion of a fast reactor to achieve improvement in performance and to effectively lower the operating temperatures in the center of the reactor is described. According to this invention a group of fuel elements containing fissionable material are assembled to form a hollow fuel core. Elements containing a fertile material, such as depleted uranium, are inserted into the interior of the fuel core to form a central blanket. Additional elemenis of fertile material are arranged about the fuel core to form outer blankets which in tunn are surrounded by a reflector. This arrangement of fuel core and blankets results in substantial flattening of the flux pattern.
- Research Organization:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- NSA Number:
- NSA-13-014037
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Number(s):
- US 2870076
- OSTI ID:
- 4261846
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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