IMPROVEMENTS IN DEVICES FOR DISCHARGING RODS OF FISSIONABLE MATERIAL FROM NUCLEAR REACTORS
Journal Article
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· Nuclear Power
OSTI ID:4307045
In the big new French gas-cooled piles, the fuel channels are horizontal and elements are discharged simply by pushing in a new one at the eharge face. The problem is to take care of the hot element and prevent it becoming broken. According to the invention, on leaving the chamnel it is turned through a right angle in a sloping chute and then conveyed to a cylindrical duct fitted with an internal helical chute. In this a relatively low terminal velocity is achieved and the slug then emerges to another spiral chute in which it is further slowed down. It is finally dumped into a sand-filled truck running in a tunnel through the biological shield.
- Research Organization:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- NSA Number:
- NSA-12-006386
- OSTI ID:
- 4307045
- Journal Information:
- Nuclear Power, Journal Name: Nuclear Power Vol. 3; ISSN 0546-8981; ISSN NUPOAS
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
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