Liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor plant system
Abstract
A liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor having a passive cooling system for removing residual heat resulting for fuel decay during reactor shutdown, or heat produced during a mishap. The reactor system is enhanced with sealing means for excluding external air from contact with the liquid metal coolant leaking from the reactor vessel during an accident. The invention also includes a silo structure which resists attack by leaking liquid metal coolant, and an added unique cooling means.
- Inventors:
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- Los Gatos, CA
- Saratoga, CA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- General Electric Co., Boston, MA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 868680
- Patent Number(s):
- 5190720
- Assignee:
- General Electric Company (San Jose, CA)
- 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:
- AC03-89SF17445
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- liquid; metal; cooled; nuclear; reactor; plant; passive; cooling; removing; residual; heat; resulting; fuel; decay; shutdown; produced; mishap; enhanced; sealing; means; excluding; external; air; contact; coolant; leaking; vessel; accident; silo; structure; resists; attack; added; unique; heat produced; fuel decay; cooling means; sealing means; passive cooling; reactor vessel; nuclear reactor; liquid metal; metal cooled; reactor shutdown; residual heat; cooled nuclear; heat resulting; reactor plant; metal coolant; removing residual; /376/
Citation Formats
Hunsbedt, Anstein, and Boardman, Charles E. Liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor plant system. United States: N. p., 1993.
Web.
Hunsbedt, Anstein, & Boardman, Charles E. Liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor plant system. United States.
Hunsbedt, Anstein, and Boardman, Charles E. Fri .
"Liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor plant system". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/868680.
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abstractNote = {A liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor having a passive cooling system for removing residual heat resulting for fuel decay during reactor shutdown, or heat produced during a mishap. The reactor system is enhanced with sealing means for excluding external air from contact with the liquid metal coolant leaking from the reactor vessel during an accident. The invention also includes a silo structure which resists attack by leaking liquid metal coolant, and an added unique cooling means.},
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