GB850015A - Improvements in or relating to fuel elements for nuclear reactors - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to fuel elements for nuclear reactors

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Publication number
GB850015A
GB850015A GB36775/56A GB3677556A GB850015A GB 850015 A GB850015 A GB 850015A GB 36775/56 A GB36775/56 A GB 36775/56A GB 3677556 A GB3677556 A GB 3677556A GB 850015 A GB850015 A GB 850015A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
graphite
tube
fuel
fuel elements
nov
Prior art date
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Expired
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GB36775/56A
Inventor
Peter Fortescue
George Edward Lockett
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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Publication date
Priority to NL222873D priority Critical patent/NL222873A/xx
Priority to BE562864D priority patent/BE562864A/xx
Priority to NL128573D priority patent/NL128573C/xx
Application filed by UK Atomic Energy Authority filed Critical UK Atomic Energy Authority
Priority to GB36775/56A priority patent/GB850015A/en
Priority to CH360137D priority patent/CH360137A/en
Priority to FR1187405D priority patent/FR1187405A/en
Priority to DEU4969A priority patent/DE1175804B/en
Priority to FR1187404D priority patent/FR1187404A/en
Priority to DEU10271A priority patent/DE1223466B/en
Publication of GB850015A publication Critical patent/GB850015A/en
Priority to NL6503923A priority patent/NL6503923A/xx
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/02—Fuel elements
    • G21C3/04—Constructional details
    • G21C3/16—Details of the construction within the casing
    • 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
    • G21C1/12—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 moderator being solid, e.g. Magnox reactor or gas-graphite reactor
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C19/00—Arrangements for treating, for handling, or for facilitating the handling of, fuel or other materials which are used within the reactor, e.g. within its pressure vessel
    • G21C19/28—Arrangements for introducing fluent material into the reactor core; Arrangements for removing fluent material from the reactor core
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/02—Fuel elements
    • G21C3/04—Constructional details
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/02—Fuel elements
    • G21C3/04—Constructional details
    • G21C3/041—Means for removal of gases from fuel elements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/02—Fuel elements
    • G21C3/04—Constructional details
    • G21C3/16—Details of the construction within the casing
    • G21C3/18—Internal spacers or other non-active material within the casing, e.g. compensating for expansion of fuel rods or for compensating excess reactivity
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/30—Assemblies of a number of fuel elements in the form of a rigid unit
    • G21C3/32—Bundles of parallel pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped fuel elements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/30—Assemblies of a number of fuel elements in the form of a rigid unit
    • G21C3/32—Bundles of parallel pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped fuel elements
    • G21C3/3213—Means for the storage or removal of fission gases
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C5/00—Moderator or core structure; Selection of materials for use as moderator
    • G21C5/14—Moderator or core structure; Selection of materials for use as moderator characterised by shape
    • G21C5/16—Shape of its constituent parts
    • 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

Abstract

850,015. Nuclear fuel elements. UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY. Nov. 26, 1957 [Nov. 30, 1956], No. 36775/56. Drawings to Specification. Class 39(4). In a gas cooled nuclear reactor, the fuel is compacted with graphite and supported in the tube. The fuel-graphite is formed in rings which are slidably mounted on a graphite rod, centrally located within a graphite tube, which is closed with graphite plugs at each end. The tubes are held together in groups of seven by graphite spiders at top and bottom, which engage the plugs. Longitudinal passages between the tubes allow the flow of coolant and the interior of each tube is vented, through the lower plug, for the release of volatile fission products. Specifications 833,647, 850,014 and 850,016 are referred to.
GB36775/56A 1956-11-30 1956-11-30 Improvements in or relating to fuel elements for nuclear reactors Expired GB850015A (en)

Priority Applications (10)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
NL222873D NL222873A (en) 1956-11-30
BE562864D BE562864A (en) 1956-11-30
NL128573D NL128573C (en) 1956-11-30
GB36775/56A GB850015A (en) 1956-11-30 1956-11-30 Improvements in or relating to fuel elements for nuclear reactors
FR1187405D FR1187405A (en) 1956-11-30 1957-11-30 Fuel cartridges for atomic cells
CH360137D CH360137A (en) 1956-11-30 1957-11-30 Reactor core of a gas-cooled atomic nuclear reactor
DEU4969A DE1175804B (en) 1956-11-30 1957-11-30 Fuel element for gas-cooled nuclear reactors
FR1187404D FR1187404A (en) 1956-11-30 1957-11-30 Atomic cells, energy producing, gas cooled
DEU10271A DE1223466B (en) 1956-11-30 1957-11-30 Fuel element bundle for gas-cooled nuclear reactors operated at high temperature
NL6503923A NL6503923A (en) 1956-11-30 1965-03-26

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB36775/56A GB850015A (en) 1956-11-30 1956-11-30 Improvements in or relating to fuel elements for nuclear reactors

Publications (1)

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GB850015A true GB850015A (en) 1960-09-28

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BE (1) BE562864A (en)
CH (1) CH360137A (en)
DE (2) DE1223466B (en)
FR (2) FR1187404A (en)
GB (1) GB850015A (en)
NL (3) NL6503923A (en)

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3114693A (en) * 1961-07-12 1963-12-17 William T Furgerson Vented fuel element for gas-cooled neutronic reactors
US3135665A (en) * 1961-07-31 1964-06-02 Stanley L Koutz Fuel element for a neutronic reactor
US3179572A (en) * 1959-06-03 1965-04-20 Philips Corp Fuel elements for use in nuclear reactors
DE1216445B (en) * 1960-12-09 1966-05-12 Euratom Gas-cooled nuclear reactor with cleaning system
US3275522A (en) * 1962-03-28 1966-09-27 Atomic Energy Authority Uk High temperature gas cooled reactors with internal fission by-product trapping means
DE1233504B (en) * 1961-11-15 1967-02-02 Gen Dynamics Corp Ceramic nuclear reactor fuel element

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US3172820A (en) * 1958-07-25 1965-03-09 Neutronic reactor
US3182001A (en) * 1959-07-23 1965-05-04 Siemens Ag Heterogeneous nuclear reactor
US3146173A (en) * 1960-03-07 1964-08-25 Fortescue Peter Fuel element
US3141829A (en) * 1960-04-19 1964-07-21 Fortescue Peter Fuel element
NL255838A (en) * 1960-03-07
US3128234A (en) * 1960-08-26 1964-04-07 Jr Joseph F Cage Modular core units for a neutronic reactor
BE620998A (en) * 1961-08-02 1900-01-01
DE1237231B (en) * 1963-02-08 1967-03-23 Kernforschung Mit Beschraenkte Clamping device for the fission and breeding zone of an atomic nuclear reactor
FR1544171A (en) * 1967-09-20 1968-10-31 Creusot Forges Ateliers Nuclear reactor operating at high temperature
DE4218023A1 (en) * 1992-06-01 1993-12-02 Siemens Ag Gas tight fuel rod for a water cooled nuclear reactor - includes metal stoppers between the fuel pellet column and top and bottom mounting arrangements

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CH286658A (en) * 1950-11-09 1952-10-31 Sulzer Ag Process for harnessing atomic energy and nuclear reactor for carrying out the process.
GB754183A (en) * 1954-05-14 1956-08-01 Asea Ab Improvements in nuclear-chain reactors

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3179572A (en) * 1959-06-03 1965-04-20 Philips Corp Fuel elements for use in nuclear reactors
DE1216445B (en) * 1960-12-09 1966-05-12 Euratom Gas-cooled nuclear reactor with cleaning system
US3114693A (en) * 1961-07-12 1963-12-17 William T Furgerson Vented fuel element for gas-cooled neutronic reactors
US3135665A (en) * 1961-07-31 1964-06-02 Stanley L Koutz Fuel element for a neutronic reactor
DE1233504B (en) * 1961-11-15 1967-02-02 Gen Dynamics Corp Ceramic nuclear reactor fuel element
US3275522A (en) * 1962-03-28 1966-09-27 Atomic Energy Authority Uk High temperature gas cooled reactors with internal fission by-product trapping means

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DE1223466B (en) 1966-08-25
CH360137A (en) 1962-02-15
NL6503923A (en) 1965-05-25
FR1187404A (en) 1959-09-10
NL128573C (en)
DE1175804B (en) 1964-08-13
BE562864A (en)
NL222873A (en)
FR1187405A (en) 1959-09-10

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