Passive air cooling of liquid metal-cooled reactor with double vessel leak accommodation capability
Abstract
A passive and inherent shutdown heat removal method with a backup air flow path which allows decay heat removal following a postulated double vessel leak event in a liquid metal-cooled nuclear reactor. The improved reactor design incorporates the following features: (1) isolation capability of the reactor cavity environment in the event that simultaneous leaks develop in both the reactor and containment vessels; (2) a reactor silo liner tank which insulates the concrete silo from the leaked sodium, thereby preserving the silo's structural integrity; and (3) a second, independent air cooling flow path via tubes submerged in the leaked sodium which will maintain shutdown heat removal after the normal flow path has been isolated.
- Inventors:
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- Los Gatos, CA
- Saratoga, CA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- General Electric Co., Boston, MA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 869834
- Patent Number(s):
- 5406602
- 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:
- passive; air; cooling; liquid; metal-cooled; reactor; double; vessel; leak; accommodation; capability; inherent; shutdown; heat; removal; method; backup; flow; path; allows; decay; following; postulated; event; nuclear; improved; design; incorporates; features; isolation; cavity; environment; simultaneous; leaks; containment; vessels; silo; liner; tank; insulates; concrete; leaked; sodium; preserving; structural; integrity; independent; via; tubes; submerged; maintain; normal; isolated; reactor design; liquid metal-cooled; reactor cavity; decay heat; containment vessel; nuclear reactor; liquid metal; flow path; air flow; structural integrity; heat removal; cooled nuclear; air cooling; metal-cooled nuclear; cooling flow; containment vessels; inherent shutdown; normal flow; vessel leak; improved reactor; metal-cooled reactor; cooled reactor; double vessel; /376/
Citation Formats
Hunsbedt, Anstein, and Boardman, Charles E. Passive air cooling of liquid metal-cooled reactor with double vessel leak accommodation capability. United States: N. p., 1995.
Web.
Hunsbedt, Anstein, & Boardman, Charles E. Passive air cooling of liquid metal-cooled reactor with double vessel leak accommodation capability. United States.
Hunsbedt, Anstein, and Boardman, Charles E. Sun .
"Passive air cooling of liquid metal-cooled reactor with double vessel leak accommodation capability". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/869834.
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author = {Hunsbedt, Anstein and Boardman, Charles E},
abstractNote = {A passive and inherent shutdown heat removal method with a backup air flow path which allows decay heat removal following a postulated double vessel leak event in a liquid metal-cooled nuclear reactor. The improved reactor design incorporates the following features: (1) isolation capability of the reactor cavity environment in the event that simultaneous leaks develop in both the reactor and containment vessels; (2) a reactor silo liner tank which insulates the concrete silo from the leaked sodium, thereby preserving the silo's structural integrity; and (3) a second, independent air cooling flow path via tubes submerged in the leaked sodium which will maintain shutdown heat removal after the normal flow path has been isolated.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1995},
month = {1}
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