GB849308A - Improvements in or relating to nuclear reactors - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to nuclear reactors

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Publication number
GB849308A
GB849308A GB29473/57A GB2947357A GB849308A GB 849308 A GB849308 A GB 849308A GB 29473/57 A GB29473/57 A GB 29473/57A GB 2947357 A GB2947357 A GB 2947357A GB 849308 A GB849308 A GB 849308A
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Prior art keywords
moderator
interface
pipe
heavy water
gas
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GB29473/57A
Inventor
Barry Edward Eltham
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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Priority to GB29473/57A priority Critical patent/GB849308A/en
Publication of GB849308A publication Critical patent/GB849308A/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C15/00—Cooling arrangements within the pressure vessel containing the core; Selection of specific coolants
    • G21C15/02—Arrangements or disposition of passages in which heat is transferred to the coolant; Coolant flow control devices
    • G21C15/08—Arrangements or disposition of passages in which heat is transferred to the coolant; Coolant flow control devices from moderating material
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C1/00—Reactor types
    • G21C1/04—Thermal reactors ; Epithermal reactors
    • G21C1/06—Heterogeneous reactors, i.e. in which fuel and moderator are separated
    • G21C1/08—Heterogeneous reactors, i.e. in which fuel and moderator are separated moderator being highly pressurised, e.g. boiling water reactor, integral super-heat reactor, pressurised water reactor
    • G21C1/10—Heterogeneous reactors, i.e. in which fuel and moderator are separated moderator being highly pressurised, e.g. boiling water reactor, integral super-heat reactor, pressurised water reactor moderator and coolant being different or separated
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C1/00—Reactor types
    • G21C1/04—Thermal reactors ; Epithermal reactors
    • G21C1/06—Heterogeneous reactors, i.e. in which fuel and moderator are separated
    • G21C1/14—Heterogeneous reactors, i.e. in which fuel and moderator are separated moderator being substantially not pressurised, e.g. swimming-pool reactor
    • G21C1/16—Heterogeneous reactors, i.e. in which fuel and moderator are separated moderator being substantially not pressurised, e.g. swimming-pool reactor moderator and coolant being different or separated, e.g. sodium-graphite reactor, sodium-heavy water reactor or organic coolant-heavy water reactor
    • G21C1/18—Heterogeneous reactors, i.e. in which fuel and moderator are separated moderator being substantially not pressurised, e.g. swimming-pool reactor moderator and coolant being different or separated, e.g. sodium-graphite reactor, sodium-heavy water reactor or organic coolant-heavy water reactor coolant being pressurised
    • G21C1/20—Heterogeneous reactors, i.e. in which fuel and moderator are separated moderator being substantially not pressurised, e.g. swimming-pool reactor moderator and coolant being different or separated, e.g. sodium-graphite reactor, sodium-heavy water reactor or organic coolant-heavy water reactor coolant being pressurised moderator being liquid, e.g. pressure-tube reactor
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • 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
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Heat-Exchange Devices With Radiators And Conduit Assemblies (AREA)

Abstract

849,308. Nuclear reactors. UNITED KING- DOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY. Sept. 12, 1958 [Sept. 19, 1957], No. 29473/57. Class 39(4). A high pressure carbon dioxide cooled reactor 1 has heavy water moderator 4 contained within an aluminium tank 2 pierced by tubes 18 accommodating the fuel elements, the coolant gas flowing through pipes 8, 9 and a heat exchanger 6. The moderator 4 is pressurized to equal the gas pressure by a gas pipe 12 tapped from the pipe 9 and leading through a pipe 11 to a gas/moderator interface 10. To prevent an excessive amount of carbon dioxide being dissolved in the heavy water at the interface the interfacial temperature is reduced to 5-15‹C. by cooling coils 13. Decomposition products of deuterium and oxygen which escape at the interface 10 are circulated in a closed circuit 14 including a pump 16 and recombination unit 15, the recombined heavy water being returned to the tank 2 through a valve 17.
GB29473/57A 1957-09-19 1957-09-19 Improvements in or relating to nuclear reactors Expired GB849308A (en)

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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3342689A (en) * 1964-08-28 1967-09-19 Commissariat Energie Atomique Liquid-moderated, gas-cooled nuclear reactor and pressure equalization system
DE1564795B1 (en) * 1966-12-15 1970-05-14 Sulzer Ag Method and device for the automatic mutual adjustment of the pressures of a liquid moderator in the moderator tank of a gas-cooled nuclear reactor and of a cooling gas flowing through the reactor
ES2385745A1 (en) * 2012-03-20 2012-07-31 José María Martínez Marquina A cooling system for nuclear power plant reactors (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)
WO2018204857A3 (en) * 2017-05-05 2018-12-13 Terrapower, Llc Gas-cooled pressure tube reactor

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3342689A (en) * 1964-08-28 1967-09-19 Commissariat Energie Atomique Liquid-moderated, gas-cooled nuclear reactor and pressure equalization system
DE1564795B1 (en) * 1966-12-15 1970-05-14 Sulzer Ag Method and device for the automatic mutual adjustment of the pressures of a liquid moderator in the moderator tank of a gas-cooled nuclear reactor and of a cooling gas flowing through the reactor
ES2385745A1 (en) * 2012-03-20 2012-07-31 José María Martínez Marquina A cooling system for nuclear power plant reactors (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)
WO2018204857A3 (en) * 2017-05-05 2018-12-13 Terrapower, Llc Gas-cooled pressure tube reactor

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