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Pressurized water reactor flow arrangement

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5860377
A pressurized water nuclear reactor of the type with vertical control rods passing through the core surrounded by control rod guide tubes. A major portion of the water flow is passed directly to the bottom of the core for upward flow therethrough. A minor portion pressurizes a volume at the top of the vessel and passes downwardly through the control rod guide tubes to join the major portion of flow at the lower end of the core.
Assignee:
Combustion Engineering Inc.
Patent Number(s):
US 4557891
OSTI ID:
5860377
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English