GB859494A - Improvements in or relating to nuclear reactors - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to nuclear reactors

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GB859494A
GB859494A GB23855/47A GB2385547A GB859494A GB 859494 A GB859494 A GB 859494A GB 23855/47 A GB23855/47 A GB 23855/47A GB 2385547 A GB2385547 A GB 2385547A GB 859494 A GB859494 A GB 859494A
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reactor
fuel
blocks
ribbons
corrugated
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GB23855/47A
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Alan Arnold Griffith F R S
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Alan Arnold Griffith F R S
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    • 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
    • G21C3/36—Assemblies of plate-shaped fuel elements or coaxial tubes
    • 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)
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  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Monitoring And Testing Of Nuclear Reactors (AREA)

Abstract

859,494. Nuclear reactors. GRIFFITH' A. A. Aug. 30, 1948 [Aug. 28, 1947], No. 23855/47. Class 39(4). The fuel of a nuclear reactor comprises permeable cellular bodies fabricated of metal in sheet form. In one example, Fig. 1, the fuel comprises ribbons of uranium 235, the ribbons being 5 cm. wide and 0À005 cm. thick and corrugated transversely, lengths of the corrugated ribbons being laid upon one another and brazed, welded, or sintered into a rigid block of a height of several feet. These blocks may be used in the fast reactor shown in Fig. 2, the blocks being connected together in pairs by cover plates 15 formed with eyes 16 for inserting and removing them from the reactor. Stiffening webs of corrugated sheet metal extend across the reactor, parallel to the plane of Fig. 2 to subdivide the space within the reactor and to give edge support to the blocks ; apertures 14 in the webs equalise the pressure in the reactor. The reactor is cooled by helium which passes from apertures 19 in a base flange past the outside of the reactor, through an aperture 5 in the top of the reactor to the reactor core and thence through an outlet at the bottom. The fuel elements should be designed to secure laminar flow of the gas coolant. The fuel need not be for a fast reactor and need not be of enriched uranium. The fissile material need not be the main or sole constituent of the fuel but may be contained as metal or compound within sheet metal or supported as a coating.
GB23855/47A 1947-08-28 1947-08-28 Improvements in or relating to nuclear reactors Expired GB859494A (en)

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3262858A (en) * 1962-06-05 1966-07-26 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Nuclear reactor fuel elements
US8991125B2 (en) 2010-11-26 2015-03-31 Nuco Systems inc. Assembly key, door kits and methods of using the same

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3262858A (en) * 1962-06-05 1966-07-26 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Nuclear reactor fuel elements
US8991125B2 (en) 2010-11-26 2015-03-31 Nuco Systems inc. Assembly key, door kits and methods of using the same

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