OPERATING PROCESS FOR A NUCLEAR REACTOR AND REACTOR FOR APPLICATION OF THIS PROCESS

Patent · Mon Sep 11 04:00:00 EDT 1961

OSTI ID:4730387

An operating process for a nuclear reactor consists in guiding nuclear fuel via tubes through the reactor core. These tubes contain a liquid moderator and have portions parallel to the reactor axis. According to a first embodiment these tubes have sloping portions going from the periphery to the center of the reactor. According to a second embodiment the tubes have the shape of conical or plane spirals, the nuclear fuel being fed to the spiral tubes at the outer extremities of them, while it is removed from the inner ones. The tube extremities reach respectively in an upper and a lower collecting chamber. Preferably the lower collecting chamber is partially filled with an inert gas, the pressure of which serves to maintain the moderator liquid level in the tubes. (IIB)

• Research Organization: Originating Research Org. not identified
• NSA Number: NSA-17-009976
• OSTI ID: 4730387
• Report Number(s): FR 1274265
• Country of Publication: France
• Language: English

Related Subjects

CONFIGURATION
FUELS
IN PILE LOOPS
INERT GASES
LEVELS
LIQUID METAL FUEL
LIQUIDS
MODERATORS
OPERATION
PLANNING
PRESSURE
REACTOR CORE
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
REACTORS
TUBES