Nuclear reactor composite fuel assembly
Abstract
A core and composite fuel assembly for a liquid-cooled breeder nuclear reactor including a plurality of elongated coextending driver and breeder fuel elements arranged to form a generally polygonal bundle within a thin-walled duct. The breeder elements are larger in cross section than the driver elements, and each breeder element is laterally bounded by a number of the driver elements. Each driver element further includes structure for spacing the driver elements from adjacent fuel elements and, where adjacent, the thin-walled duct. A core made up of the fuel elements can advantageously include fissile fuel of only one enrichment, while varying the effective enrichment of any given assembly or core region, merely by varying the relative number and size of the driver and breeder elements.
- Inventors:
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- Richland, WA
- West Richland, WA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 863728
- Patent Number(s):
- 4235669
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (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:
- E(45-1)-2170
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- nuclear; reactor; composite; fuel; assembly; core; liquid-cooled; breeder; including; plurality; elongated; coextending; driver; elements; arranged; form; polygonal; bundle; thin-walled; duct; larger; section; element; laterally; bounded; structure; spacing; adjacent; advantageously; fissile; enrichment; varying; effective; region; merely; relative; size; reactor including; adjacent fuel; fuel elements; fuel element; nuclear reactor; fuel assembly; core region; composite fuel; elements arranged; breeder nuclear; breeder fuel; /376/976/
Citation Formats
Burgess, Donn M, Marr, Duane R, Cappiello, Michael W, and Omberg, Ronald P. Nuclear reactor composite fuel assembly. United States: N. p., 1980.
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Burgess, Donn M, Marr, Duane R, Cappiello, Michael W, & Omberg, Ronald P. Nuclear reactor composite fuel assembly. United States.
Burgess, Donn M, Marr, Duane R, Cappiello, Michael W, and Omberg, Ronald P. Tue .
"Nuclear reactor composite fuel assembly". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/863728.
@article{osti_863728,
title = {Nuclear reactor composite fuel assembly},
author = {Burgess, Donn M and Marr, Duane R and Cappiello, Michael W and Omberg, Ronald P},
abstractNote = {A core and composite fuel assembly for a liquid-cooled breeder nuclear reactor including a plurality of elongated coextending driver and breeder fuel elements arranged to form a generally polygonal bundle within a thin-walled duct. The breeder elements are larger in cross section than the driver elements, and each breeder element is laterally bounded by a number of the driver elements. Each driver element further includes structure for spacing the driver elements from adjacent fuel elements and, where adjacent, the thin-walled duct. A core made up of the fuel elements can advantageously include fissile fuel of only one enrichment, while varying the effective enrichment of any given assembly or core region, merely by varying the relative number and size of the driver and breeder elements.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980},
month = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980}
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