METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF A FAST REACTOR
Abstract
A specific arrangement of the fertile material and fissionable material in the active portion of a fast reactor to achieve improvement in performance and to effectively lower the operating temperatures in the center of the reactor is described. According to this invention a group of fuel elements containing fissionable material are assembled to form a hollow fuel core. Elements containing a fertile material, such as depleted uranium, are inserted into the interior of the fuel core to form a central blanket. Additional elemenis of fertile material are arranged about the fuel core to form outer blankets which in tunn are surrounded by a reflector. This arrangement of fuel core and blankets results in substantial flattening of the flux pattern.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4261846
- Patent Number(s):
- 2870076
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- 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
- NSA Number:
- NSA-13-014037
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- REACTORS; BLANKETS; BUCKLING; CONFIGURATION; DISTRIBUTION; FAST NEUTRONS; FERTILE MATERIALS; FISSIONABLE MATERIALS; FUEL ELEMENTS; NEUTRON FLUX; PERFORMANCE; REACTOR CORE; REFLECTORS; TEMPERATURE
Citation Formats
Koch, L J. METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF A FAST REACTOR. United States: N. p., 1959.
Web.
Koch, L J. METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF A FAST REACTOR. United States.
Koch, L J. Tue .
"METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF A FAST REACTOR". United States.
@article{osti_4261846,
title = {METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF A FAST REACTOR},
author = {Koch, L J},
abstractNote = {A specific arrangement of the fertile material and fissionable material in the active portion of a fast reactor to achieve improvement in performance and to effectively lower the operating temperatures in the center of the reactor is described. According to this invention a group of fuel elements containing fissionable material are assembled to form a hollow fuel core. Elements containing a fertile material, such as depleted uranium, are inserted into the interior of the fuel core to form a central blanket. Additional elemenis of fertile material are arranged about the fuel core to form outer blankets which in tunn are surrounded by a reflector. This arrangement of fuel core and blankets results in substantial flattening of the flux pattern.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1959},
month = {1}
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