OPTIMIZED NUCLEAR FUEL CORE DESIGN FOR A SMALL MODULAR

    公开(公告)号:US20180277260A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-27

    申请号:US15927284

    申请日:2018-03-21

    申请人: SMR Inventec, LLC

    摘要: A fuel core for a nuclear reactor in one embodiment includes an upper internals unit and a lower internals unit comprising nuclear fuel assemblies. The assembled fuel core includes an upper core plate, a lower core plate, and a plurality of channel boxes extending therebetween. Each channel box comprises a plurality of outer walls and inner walls collectively defining a longitudinally-extending interior channels or cells having a transverse cross sectional area configured for holding no more than a single nuclear fuel assembly in some embodiments. A cylindrical reflector circumferentially surrounds channel boxes and is engaged at opposing ends by the upper and lower core plates. Adjacent cells within each channel box are formed on opposite sides of inner walls such that the cells are separated from each other by the inner walls alone without any water gaps therebetween which benefits neutronics for some small modular reactor designs.

    NUCLEAR FUEL ELEMENT CORRUGATED PLENUM HOLDDOWN DEVICE
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    发明申请
    NUCLEAR FUEL ELEMENT CORRUGATED PLENUM HOLDDOWN DEVICE 审中-公开
    核燃料元件腐蚀性气体保持装置

    公开(公告)号:US20160099080A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-07

    申请号:US14503443

    申请日:2014-10-01

    IPC分类号: G21C3/18

    摘要: A fuel rod having a gas plenum holddown device that occupies less volume than a conventional spiral spring and is formed from a bellows-like, resilient tubular member having a hollow interior volume open to the gas plenum and an exterior sheath formed from a plurality of alternating ridges and troughs stacked in tandem and interconnected.

    摘要翻译: 一种燃料棒,其具有气体压力调节装置,其占据比常规螺旋弹簧更小的体积,并且由具有通向气室的中空内部容积的波纹管状弹性管状构件形成,以及由多个交替 堆叠在一起并互连的脊和槽。