Cooling system for a nuclear reactor

Patent · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:864163

Amtmann, Hans H.

A cooling system for a gas-cooled nuclear reactor is disclosed which includes at least one primary cooling loop adapted to pass coolant gas from the reactor core and an associated steam generator through a duct system having a main circulator therein, and at least one auxiliary cooling loop having communication with the reactor core and adapted to selectively pass coolant gas through an auxiliary heat exchanger and circulator. The main and auxiliary circulators are installed in a common vertical cavity in the reactor vessel, and a common return duct communicates with the reactor core and intersects the common cavity at a junction at which is located a flow diverter valve operative to effect coolant flow through either the primary or auxiliary cooling loops.

• Research Organization: GA Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AT03-76SF71023
• Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): 4,322,268
• Application Number: 05/892821
• OSTI ID: 864163
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 1978 Apr 03
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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