Control rod drive for reactor shutdown
Abstract
A means for rapidly shutting down or scramming a nuclear reactor, such as a liquid metal-cooled fast breeder reactor, and serves as a backup to the primary shutdown system. The control rod drive consists basically of an in-core assembly, a drive shaft and seal assembly, and a control drive mechanism. The control rod is driven into the core region of the reactor by gravity and hydraulic pressure forces supplied by the reactor coolant, thus assuring that common mode failures will not interfere with or prohibit scramming the reactor when necessary.
- Inventors:
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- Los Gatos, CA
- San Jose, CA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- General Electric Co., Sunnyvale, Calif. (USA). Breeder Reactor Dept.
- OSTI Identifier:
- 862454
- Patent Number(s):
- 3933581
- Application Number:
- 05/476,173
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
- 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:
- AT(04-3)-893
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- control; rod; drive; reactor; shutdown; means; rapidly; shutting; scramming; nuclear; liquid; metal-cooled; fast; breeder; serves; backup; primary; consists; basically; in-core; assembly; shaft; seal; mechanism; driven; core; region; gravity; hydraulic; pressure; forces; supplied; coolant; assuring; common; mode; failures; interfere; prohibit; liquid metal-cooled; pressure forces; control drive; common mode; drive mechanism; hydraulic pressure; rod drive; seal assembly; breeder reactor; reactor coolant; fast breeder; drive shaft; control rod; nuclear reactor; liquid metal; reactor shutdown; core region; core assembly; cooled fast; metal-cooled fast; /376/976/
Citation Formats
McKeehan, Ernest R, Shawver, Bruce M, Schiro, Donald J, and Taft, William E. Control rod drive for reactor shutdown. United States: N. p., 1976.
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McKeehan, Ernest R, Shawver, Bruce M, Schiro, Donald J, & Taft, William E. Control rod drive for reactor shutdown. United States.
McKeehan, Ernest R, Shawver, Bruce M, Schiro, Donald J, and Taft, William E. Tue .
"Control rod drive for reactor shutdown". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/862454.
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title = {Control rod drive for reactor shutdown},
author = {McKeehan, Ernest R and Shawver, Bruce M and Schiro, Donald J and Taft, William E},
abstractNote = {A means for rapidly shutting down or scramming a nuclear reactor, such as a liquid metal-cooled fast breeder reactor, and serves as a backup to the primary shutdown system. The control rod drive consists basically of an in-core assembly, a drive shaft and seal assembly, and a control drive mechanism. The control rod is driven into the core region of the reactor by gravity and hydraulic pressure forces supplied by the reactor coolant, thus assuring that common mode failures will not interfere with or prohibit scramming the reactor when necessary.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1976},
month = {1}
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