NEUTRONIC REACTOR COUNTER METHOD AND SYSTEM

Title: NEUTRONIC REACTOR COUNTER METHOD AND SYSTEM

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An improved method is given for controlling the rate of fission in circulating-fuel neutronic reactors in which the fuel is a homogeneous liquid containing fissionable material and a neutron moderator. A change in the rate of flssion is effected by preferentially retaining apart from the circulating fuel a variable amount of either fissionable material or moderator, thereby varying the concentration of fissionable material in the fuel. In the case of an aqueous fuel solution a portion of the water may be continuously vaporized from the circulating solution and the amount of condensate, or condensate plus make-up water, returned to the solution is varied to control the fission rate.

Inventors:: Graham, C.B.; Spiewak, I.

Issue Date:: 1960-05-31

Research Org.:: Originating Research Org. not identified

OSTI Identifier:: 4155725

Patent Number(s):: 2938844

Assignee:: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission DTIE; NSA-14-022585

NSA Number:: NSA-14-022585

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; CONDENSERS; CONTROL; EVAPORATION; FLUID FLOW; FUEL SLURRIES; FUEL SOLUTIONS; HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS; MODERATORS; NEUTRON FLUX; OPERATION; PATENT; QUANTITY RATIO; REACTORS; VAPORS; VARIATIONS; WATER MODERATOR

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  author       = {Graham, C.B. and Spiewak, I.},

  abstractNote = {An improved method is given for controlling the rate of fission in circulating-fuel neutronic reactors in which the fuel is a homogeneous liquid containing fissionable material and a neutron moderator. A change in the rate of flssion is effected by preferentially retaining apart from the circulating fuel a variable amount of either fissionable material or moderator, thereby varying the concentration of fissionable material in the fuel. In the case of an aqueous fuel solution a portion of the water may be continuously vaporized from the circulating solution and the amount of condensate, or condensate plus make-up water, returned to the solution is varied to control the fission rate.},

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