Nuclear reactor
Patent
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OSTI ID:5282818
This patent describes an improvement in a nuclear reactor including a reactor vessel having a core barrel inside the reactor vessel, fuel elements and safety rods inside the core barrel, a fuel element housing thimble surrounding each fuel element and defining a gap therebetween, and a primary coolant flow path that includes flow through the fuel element housing thimble gaps. The improvement comprises: means for circulating a liquid moderator through the core barrel around the fuel element housing thimbles; the primary coolant being at a cooler temperature than the liquid moderator when entering the fuel element housing thimble gaps; and fins on the fuel element hosing thimbles for conducting heat from the liquid moderator to the primary coolant flowing through the fuel element housing thimble gaps.
- Assignee:
- Babcock and Wilcox Co., New Orleans, LA (United States)
- Patent Number(s):
- A; US 5087412
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7-407515
- OSTI ID:
- 5282818
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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COOLING SYSTEMS
DESIGN
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FUEL ELEMENTS
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REACTOR CORES
REACTOR VESSELS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS