Neutronic reactor

Patent · Tue Jan 25 00:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:862749

Carleton, John T ^[1]

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1. Elsmere, DE

A graphite-moderated nuclear reactor includes channels between blocks of graphite and also includes spacer blocks between adjacent channeled blocks with an axis of extension normal to that of the axis of elongation of the channeled blocks to minimize changes in the physical properties of the graphite as a result of prolonged neutron bombardment.

• Research Organization: Knolls Atomic Power Lab
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-52
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4004973
• OSTI ID: 862749
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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