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NUCLEAR REACTOR

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4782124

A fluidized bed nuclear reactor and a method of operating such a reactor are described. In the design means are provided for flowing a liquid moderator upwardly through the center of a bed of pellets of a nentron-fissionable material at such a rate as to obtain particulate fluidization while constraining the lower pontion of the bed into a conical shape. A smooth circulation of particles rising in the center and falling at the outside of the bed is thereby established. (AEC)

Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-16-028511
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 3046212
OSTI ID:
4782124
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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