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Shield for a nuclear reactor

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5419237
This patent describes a nuclear reactor having a core, a radial reflector, a reflector, an reflector, and a reactor vessel head, a shield in the reactor vessel head. It comprises: a primary region within the reactor vessel head containing a packed bed of spheres of zirconium hydride; a secondary region within the reactor vessel head adjacent to the primary region containing a packed bed of spheres of lithium borohydride; and a subregion of spheres of zirconium deuteride in the primary region.
Assignee:
Babcock and Wilcox Co., New Orleans, LA (USA)
Patent Number(s):
A; US 4997619
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-421030
OSTI ID:
5419237
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
220200* -- Nuclear Reactor Technology-- Components & Accessories
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
CONTAINERS
DESIGN
DEUTERIDES
DEUTERIUM COMPOUNDS
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM HYDRIDES
REACTOR SAFETY
REACTOR VESSELS
SAFETY
SHIELDS
SPHERES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS
ZIRCONIUM HYDRIDES