Inter-module fuel shuffling
Abstract
A method of loading fuel in multiple reactor cores associated with a plurality of fuel cycles. The method includes, in a first fuel cycle, loading a first reactor core with a first fuel assembly selected from a first batch of fuel, loading the first reactor core with a first partially spent fuel assembly from a second batch of fuel, loading a second reactor core with a second fuel assembly from the first batch of fuel, and loading the second reactor core with a second partially spent fuel assembly from the second batch of fuel. In a second fuel cycle, which is performed after a completion of the first fuel cycle, the method includes loading the second reactor core with a fresh fuel assembly, and loading the second reactor core with the first fuel assembly from the first batch of fuel.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- NuScale Power, LLC, Corvallis, OR (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1771563
- Patent Number(s):
- 10818403
- Application Number:
- 15/445,186
- Assignee:
- NuScale Power, LLC (Corvallis, OR)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- DOE Contract Number:
- NE0000633
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 02/28/2017
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Kitto, Allyson, Ingersoll, Daniel, and Reyes, Jr., Jose N. Inter-module fuel shuffling. United States: N. p., 2020.
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Kitto, Allyson, Ingersoll, Daniel, & Reyes, Jr., Jose N. Inter-module fuel shuffling. United States.
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"Inter-module fuel shuffling". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1771563.
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abstractNote = {A method of loading fuel in multiple reactor cores associated with a plurality of fuel cycles. The method includes, in a first fuel cycle, loading a first reactor core with a first fuel assembly selected from a first batch of fuel, loading the first reactor core with a first partially spent fuel assembly from a second batch of fuel, loading a second reactor core with a second fuel assembly from the first batch of fuel, and loading the second reactor core with a second partially spent fuel assembly from the second batch of fuel. In a second fuel cycle, which is performed after a completion of the first fuel cycle, the method includes loading the second reactor core with a fresh fuel assembly, and loading the second reactor core with the first fuel assembly from the first batch of fuel.},
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