Reactor and method of operation

Patent · 10 August 1976

OSTI ID:862615

Wheeler, John A ^[1]

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1. Princeton, NJ

A nuclear reactor having a flattened reactor activity curve across the reactor includes fuel extending over a lesser portion of the fuel channels in the central portion of the reactor than in the remainder of the reactor.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) & Co. Jackson Lab
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 3974028
• OSTI ID: 862615
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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