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Fast neutron reactor

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6802239

A cylindrical inner vessel containing the reactor core is placed coaxially within a main vessel. Heat exchangers are disposed within the annular space formed between the two vessels, each heat exchanger being delimited by an outer shell and a coaxial inner shell which surrounds a central feed duct having a vertical axis. The upper end of the annular space communicates with a flared end portion of the central duct through a first circular window formed in the inner shell. The lower end of the annular space communicates with the region located between the inner vessel and the main vessel through a second circular window formed in the outer shell.

Assignee:
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
Patent Number(s):
US 4101377
OSTI ID:
6802239
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English