Liquid metal cooled nuclear reactors with passive cooling system
Abstract
A liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor having a passive cooling system for removing residual heat resulting from fuel decay during reactor shutdown. The passive cooling system comprises a plurality of cooling medium flow circuits which cooperate to remove and carry heat away from the fuel core upon loss of the normal cooling flow circuit to areas external thereto.
- Inventors:
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- Los Gatos, CA
- San Jose, CA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- General Electric Co., Boston, MA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 867849
- Patent Number(s):
- 5021211
- Assignee:
- General Electric Company (San Jose, CA)
- 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
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-88SF17467
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- liquid; metal; cooled; nuclear; reactors; passive; cooling; reactor; removing; residual; heat; resulting; fuel; decay; shutdown; comprises; plurality; medium; flow; circuits; cooperate; remove; carry; core; loss; normal; circuit; external; thereto; medium flow; fuel decay; cooling medium; nuclear reactors; passive cooling; nuclear reactor; liquid metal; metal cooled; reactor shutdown; residual heat; cooled nuclear; heat resulting; fuel core; removing residual; flow circuit; cooling flow; carry heat; normal cooling; /376/976/
Citation Formats
Hunsbedt, Anstein, and Fanning, Alan W. Liquid metal cooled nuclear reactors with passive cooling system. United States: N. p., 1991.
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Hunsbedt, Anstein, & Fanning, Alan W. Liquid metal cooled nuclear reactors with passive cooling system. United States.
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"Liquid metal cooled nuclear reactors with passive cooling system". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/867849.
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author = {Hunsbedt, Anstein and Fanning, Alan W},
abstractNote = {A liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor having a passive cooling system for removing residual heat resulting from fuel decay during reactor shutdown. The passive cooling system comprises a plurality of cooling medium flow circuits which cooperate to remove and carry heat away from the fuel core upon loss of the normal cooling flow circuit to areas external thereto.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1991},
month = {1}
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