NEUTRON REACTOR HAVING A Xe$sup 135$ SHIELD
Abstract
Shielding for reactors of the type in which the fuel is a chain reacting liquid composition comprised essentially of a slurry of fissionable and fertile material suspended in a liquid moderator is discussed. The neutron reflector comprises a tank containing heavy water surrounding the reactor, a shield tank surrounding the reflector, a gamma ray shield surrounding said shield tank, and a means for conveying gaseous fission products, particularly Xe/sup 135/, from the reactor chamber to the shield tank, thereby serving as a neutron shield by capturing the thermalized neutrons that leak outwardly from the shield tank.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4321375
- Patent Number(s):
- 2811487
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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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
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
- NSA Number:
- NSA-12-004643
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- PATENTS; CAPTURE; FISSIONABLE MATERIALS; FUEL ELEMENTS; GAMMA RADIATION; GASES; LEAKS; LIQUIDS; MODERATORS; PATENT; REACTORS; REFLECTORS; SHIELDING; SLURRIES; THERMAL NEUTRONS; XENON 135
Citation Formats
Stanton, H E. NEUTRON REACTOR HAVING A Xe$sup 135$ SHIELD. United States: N. p., 1957.
Web.
Stanton, H E. NEUTRON REACTOR HAVING A Xe$sup 135$ SHIELD. United States.
Stanton, H E. Tue .
"NEUTRON REACTOR HAVING A Xe$sup 135$ SHIELD". United States.
@article{osti_4321375,
title = {NEUTRON REACTOR HAVING A Xe$sup 135$ SHIELD},
author = {Stanton, H E},
abstractNote = {Shielding for reactors of the type in which the fuel is a chain reacting liquid composition comprised essentially of a slurry of fissionable and fertile material suspended in a liquid moderator is discussed. The neutron reflector comprises a tank containing heavy water surrounding the reactor, a shield tank surrounding the reflector, a gamma ray shield surrounding said shield tank, and a means for conveying gaseous fission products, particularly Xe/sup 135/, from the reactor chamber to the shield tank, thereby serving as a neutron shield by capturing the thermalized neutrons that leak outwardly from the shield tank.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1957},
month = {10}
}
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