Boron injection system for controlling a nuclear reaction by delivering boron into a containment vessel
Abstract
A nuclear power system includes a reactor vessel that includes a reactor core mounted within a volume of the reactor vessel. The reactor core includes one or more nuclear fuel assemblies configured to generate a nuclear fission reaction. The nuclear power system further includes a containment vessel sized to enclose the reactor vessel such that an open volume is defined between the containment vessel and the reactor vessel. A boron injection system is positioned in the open volume of the containment vessel and includes an amount of boron sufficient to stop the nuclear fission reaction or maintain the nuclear fission reaction at a sub-critical state. The boron injection system is positioned to deliver the amount of boron into the open volume.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- NuScale Power, LLC, Corvallis, OR (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1986937
- Patent Number(s):
- 11527334
- Application Number:
- 16/236,994
- Assignee:
- NuScale Power, LLC (Corvallis, OR)
- DOE Contract Number:
- NE0000633
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 12/31/2018
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Linik, Larry, Callaway, Allyson, Bristol, Ben, and Rooks, Kenneth. Boron injection system for controlling a nuclear reaction by delivering boron into a containment vessel. United States: N. p., 2022.
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Linik, Larry, Callaway, Allyson, Bristol, Ben, & Rooks, Kenneth. Boron injection system for controlling a nuclear reaction by delivering boron into a containment vessel. United States.
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abstractNote = {A nuclear power system includes a reactor vessel that includes a reactor core mounted within a volume of the reactor vessel. The reactor core includes one or more nuclear fuel assemblies configured to generate a nuclear fission reaction. The nuclear power system further includes a containment vessel sized to enclose the reactor vessel such that an open volume is defined between the containment vessel and the reactor vessel. A boron injection system is positioned in the open volume of the containment vessel and includes an amount of boron sufficient to stop the nuclear fission reaction or maintain the nuclear fission reaction at a sub-critical state. The boron injection system is positioned to deliver the amount of boron into the open volume.},
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place = {United States},
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