NUCLEAR REACTOR
A liquid moderated, gas cooled reactor comprises a cylindrical reactor tank positioned with its axis horizontal and a series of tubular channels passing through this tank parallel to the axis Fuel cells, one to each channel, reach into the channels from either side, each cell comprising an outer tube closed at the end situated in the tank and an inner tube in which the fuel elements are placed. The coolant enters the annular interspace bounded by the two tubes and then flows back through the inner tube. Each fuel cell is connected at the side where it enters the reactor with both the entrance coolant header and the exit coolant header. The fuel cells form two groups, the cells of the same group entering the reactor from the same side. The channels occupied by the cells of the same group form a square lattice with a lattice spacing of LV2, where L is the lattice spacing of the group formed by all the cells. (NPO)
- Research Organization:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- NSA Number:
- NSA-15-032946
- OSTI ID:
- 4834302
- Report Number(s):
- FR 1203458
- Country of Publication:
- France
- Language:
- English
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