GB855358A - Improvements in or relating to moderator and reflector structures for nuclear reactors - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to moderator and reflector structures for nuclear reactors

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Publication number
GB855358A
GB855358A GB3577/58A GB357758A GB855358A GB 855358 A GB855358 A GB 855358A GB 3577/58 A GB3577/58 A GB 3577/58A GB 357758 A GB357758 A GB 357758A GB 855358 A GB855358 A GB 855358A
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Prior art keywords
moderator
restraint
reflector
reflector structure
welded
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Expired
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GB3577/58A
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William Rodwell
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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Priority to GB36075/54A priority Critical patent/GB782922A/en
Priority to US552662A priority patent/US2865828A/en
Application filed by UK Atomic Energy Authority filed Critical UK Atomic Energy Authority
Priority to GB3577/58A priority patent/GB855358A/en
Priority to FR1211878D priority patent/FR1211878A/en
Publication of GB855358A publication Critical patent/GB855358A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C5/00—Moderator or core structure; Selection of materials for use as moderator
    • G21C5/02—Details
    • G21C5/08—Means for preventing undesired asymmetric expansion of the complete structure ; Stretching devices, pins
    • 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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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
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  • Carriers, Traveling Bodies, And Overhead Traveling Cranes (AREA)
  • Crystals, And After-Treatments Of Crystals (AREA)

Abstract

855,358. Nuclear reactors. UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY. Dec. 19, 1958 [Feb. 4, 1958], No. 3577/58. Addition to 782,922. Class 39(4). The moderator and reflector structure of a nuclear reactor are provided with a restraint comprising a series of elastic bands around the structure, each band comprising a series of joined links and each link comprising a nest of coaxial tubes, the restraint being characterised in that the bands are radially keyed to a restraint cylinder. Fig. 2 shows a fragmentary plan view and Fig. 3 is a cross-section along the lines III-III. Adjacent links 19 of a band are pivoted by a pin 20 to a bracket 21 attached to a restraint beam 22 which bears on the reflector structure. Brackets 23 are mounted on rings 24 welded to the restraint cylinder 17 which surrounds the reflector structure and is bolted or welded to the support grid (not shown) supporting the moderator/reflector structure. Each bracket 23 has two parallel sides, each side having a bolt 26 and lock nut 27, and each beam 22 has an integral key part 28 of rectangular cross-section which extends between the bolts 26. This arrangement allows radial movement of the beams 22 to accommodate radial growth of the moderator/reflector structure and differential expansion between this structure and the restraint cylinder but prevents tilting of the moderator/reflector which might otherwise occur due to a sudden and transient horizontal force such as might be caused by an earthquake or in a moving body such as a ship.
GB3577/58A 1954-12-13 1958-02-04 Improvements in or relating to moderator and reflector structures for nuclear reactors Expired GB855358A (en)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB36075/54A GB782922A (en) 1958-02-04 1954-12-13 Improvements in or relating to moderator and reflector structures for nuclear reactors
US552662A US2865828A (en) 1954-12-13 1955-12-12 Moderator and reflector structures for nuclear reactors
GB3577/58A GB855358A (en) 1958-02-04 1958-02-04 Improvements in or relating to moderator and reflector structures for nuclear reactors
FR1211878D FR1211878A (en) 1954-12-13 1958-12-19 Retarder and reflector structures for nuclear reactors

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GB3577/58A GB855358A (en) 1958-02-04 1958-02-04 Improvements in or relating to moderator and reflector structures for nuclear reactors

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GB855358A true GB855358A (en) 1960-11-30

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3124514A (en) * 1964-03-10 koutz etal
US4298433A (en) * 1978-03-21 1981-11-03 Ab Asea Atom Means for supplying feed water to a substantially cylindrical, vertical reactor tank

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BE562673A (en) * 1956-12-03
BE569058A (en) * 1957-07-01 1900-01-01
NL232474A (en) * 1957-10-21
BE571995A (en) * 1957-10-22
FR1190048A (en) * 1957-11-08 1959-10-08 Commissariat Energie Atomique Solid moderator atomic reactor stabilizer system
NL236265A (en) * 1958-02-18
DE1101634B (en) * 1958-02-22 1961-03-09 Babcock & Wilcox Dampfkessel Clamping and holding device for a nuclear reactor
NL239850A (en) * 1958-06-05
NL112588C (en) * 1958-06-05
NL242170A (en) * 1958-08-21
NL125823C (en) * 1958-10-18

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3124514A (en) * 1964-03-10 koutz etal
US4298433A (en) * 1978-03-21 1981-11-03 Ab Asea Atom Means for supplying feed water to a substantially cylindrical, vertical reactor tank

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