Nuclear reactor core assembly
Creators
Description
A nuclear reactor core assembly is described in which a plurality of fuel elements and a plurality of blanket elements are arranged in a core assembly. Conduit means direct fluid coolant through the fuel elements and through the blanket elements. The conduit means which direct the coolant through the blanket elements have flow restrictor means therein comprising a plurality of surface roughened elements for limiting the flow of coolant through the blanket elements. The flow restrictor means have a static configuration such that at shutdown, the percentage of coolant flow through the blanket elements compared with the total coolant flow is substantially greater than the percentage of coolant flow through the blanket elements during full power operation
Availability note (English)
U.S. Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D.C. 20231, USA, $.50.Additional details
Additional titles
- Augmented title (English)
- Patent
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- v p.
- IPC:
- Int. Cl.G21C 15/00.
- IPC
- Int. Cl.G21C 15/00.
- Patent number
- US patent document 4,303,474/A/
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 13708920
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- BREEDER REACTORS; BREEDING BLANKETS; FLUID FLOW; FUEL ELEMENTS; REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS; REACTOR CORES; REACTOR SHUTDOWN
- Descriptors DEC
- COOLING SYSTEMS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS
Optional Information
- Notes
- PAT-APPL-906732.