NUCLEAR SUPERHEAT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. Seventh Quarterly Progress Report, January-March, 1961

Technical Report · Tue Oct 31 04:00:00 EST 1961

OSTI ID:4837271

An alternate reactor arrangement was developed to permit the use of mechanical steam separators to supplement gravitational separation. An alternate NUSU reference design using annular multitube elements and a Hy-Ball control system is being worked up. Power flattening by Hy-Ball control systems was investigated in both the axial and radial directions. A preliminary investigation of the heat-transfer characteristics of annular multitube fuel elements was initiated, using the relaxation method. Criticality data collected for various cores containing double-annular fuel elements are presented for both flooded and voided conditions. An analytical method was developed which accurately predicts criticality, water-gap peaking, and power distribution for cores with both rod-type and double-annular elements. Test results of steam separators are described. A program for testing double-annular fuel elements is described. (D.L.C.)

• Research Organization: Combustion Engineering, InC., windsor, Conn.
• NSA Number: NSA-15-032981
• OSTI ID: 4837271
• Report Number(s): GENEC-172
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CONFIGURATION
CONTROL SYSTEMS
CRITICAL ASSEMBLIES
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DISTRIBUTION
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FUEL ELEMENTS
HEAT TRANSFER
NEUTRON FLUX
NUSU
POWER PLANTS
REACTOR CORE
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
REACTORS
RODS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
STEAM
SUPERHEATING
TESTING
TUBES
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