UST921019I4 - Core for a nuclear reactor - Google Patents

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UST921019I4
UST921019I4 US921019DH UST921019I4 US T921019 I4 UST921019 I4 US T921019I4 US 921019D H US921019D H US 921019DH US T921019 I4 UST921019 I4 US T921019I4
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    • G21NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21CNUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/30Assemblies of a number of fuel elements in the form of a rigid unit
    • G21C3/32Bundles of parallel pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped fuel elements
    • G21C3/326Bundles of parallel pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped fuel elements comprising fuel elements of different composition; comprising, in addition to the fuel elements, other pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped elements, e.g. control rods, grid support rods, fertile rods, poison rods or dummy rods
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    • G21NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21CNUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C1/00Reactor types
    • G21C1/04Thermal reactors ; Epithermal reactors
    • G21C1/06Heterogeneous reactors, i.e. in which fuel and moderator are separated
    • G21C1/08Heterogeneous 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
    • G21C1/086Pressurised water reactors
    • YGENERAL 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
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30Nuclear fission reactors
    • YGENERAL 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
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10STECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S376/00Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements
    • Y10S376/917Utilizing different fuels or fuels in different forms, in different reactor regions in relation to amounts of heat produced in said regions

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A REACTOR CORE HAVING TANDEM ARRANGED FUEL REGIONS FOR USE IN A WATER MODERATED NUCLEAR REACTOR. AN UPPER CORE REGION IS FUELED WITH ENRICHED URANIUM OXIDE, WHILE, A LOWER CORE REGION IS FUELED WITH A PLUTONIUM OXIDE. AN INTERMEDIATE CORE REGION CONTAINS NATURAL URANIUM OXIDE.

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DEFENSIVE PUBLIGATION' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Published atithe request of the applicant or owner in accordance with the Notice of Dec.f .16, 1969, 869 O.G. 687. The abstracts of Defensive Publication applications are identified by distinctly numbered series and are arranged chronologically. The heading of each abstract indicates the number of pages of specification, including claims and sheets of drawings contained in the application as originally filed. The files of these applications are available to the public for inspection and reproduction may be purchasedi tor 30 cents a sheet.
Defensive Publication applications have not been examined as to the merits of alleged invention. The Patent Ofiice makes no assertion as to the novelty of the disclosed subject matter.
PUBLISHED APRIL 16, 1974 T921,019 CORE FOR A NUCLEAR REACTOR Robert F. Barry, 2524 Haymaker Road, Monroeville, Pa. 15146 Filed Jan. 5, 1973, Ser. No. 321,410 Int. Cl. G21c 3/28 US. Cl. 176-18 3 Sheets Drawing 11 Pages Specifications ENHICHED UINAT U A reactor core having tandem arranged fuel regions for use in a water moderated nuclear reactor. An upper core region is fueled with enriched uranium oxide; while, a lower core region is fueled with a plutonium oxide. An intermediate core region contains natural uranium oxide.
3 Sheets-Sheet '1 R. F. BARRY CORE FOR A UCLEAH REACTOR April 16, 1974 Filed Jan; 5, 1973 P 6, 1974 R. F. BARRY T921,019
CORE FOR A NUCLEAR REACTOR Filed Jan. 5, 1973 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 TOP 33 OF CORE FIG.3
BOTTOM OF CORE April 16, 1974 F, BARRY T9z1,019
CORE FOR A NUCLEAR REACTOR Filed Jan. 5, 1973 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 FIG.4
69696969 ENRICHED U/NAT u Ai- ENRICHEJU
US921019D 1973-01-05 1973-01-05 Core for a nuclear reactor Pending UST921019I4 (en)

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