OPTIMUM CONFIGURATION FOR FAST REACTORS
    1.
    发明申请
    OPTIMUM CONFIGURATION FOR FAST REACTORS 有权
    快速反应器的最佳配置

    公开(公告)号:US20120170705A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-07-05

    申请号:US12980398

    申请日:2010-12-29

    IPC分类号: G21C15/28

    摘要: A nuclear reactor having a liquid metal or molten salt coolant in a riser space 130′, has a cylindrical containment vessel 134 with a reactor vessel 120′, at least two lobes 121, preferably three to nine lobes 121, each lobe 121 interconnected with the other lobe(s) and each containing a fast reactor core, 116′, 116″, 116″ and 116″″.

    摘要翻译: 在立管空间130'中具有液态金属或熔融盐冷却剂的核反应堆具有带有反应器容器120'的圆柱形容纳容器134,至少两个叶片121,优选三至九个叶片121,每个叶片121与 其他叶片,每个包含快堆芯116',116“,116”和116“”。

    Method of cooling a fast-breeder reactor
    3.
    发明授权
    Method of cooling a fast-breeder reactor 失效
    冷快速堆肥反应器的方法

    公开(公告)号:UST966004I4

    公开(公告)日:1978-01-03

    申请号:US789315

    申请日:1977-04-20

    IPC分类号: G21C1/02 G21C15/02

    CPC分类号: G21C15/02 G21C1/02 Y02E30/34

    摘要: Operation of a liquid-metal-cooled fast-breeder reactor is enhanced by distributing coolant among the fuel assemblies at such a rate that the strain equivalent limiting temperature of each fuel assembly is closely approached but not exceeded. Further improvement is attained by proportionally allocating less coolant of a total prescribed coolant flow to the outer fuel assemblies of the reactor (yet satisfying the condition that the strain equivalent limiting temperature is not exceeded) whereby additional coolant flow is available for the inner fuel assemblies, thereby further reducing the radial thermal gradient in the coolant immediately above the fuel assemblies, a particular advantage being that the temperature of the upper internal structure of the reactor immediately above the inner zone of the reactor is reduced.

    COLD SHUTDOWN ASSEMBLY FOR SODIUM COOLED REACTOR
    4.
    发明申请
    COLD SHUTDOWN ASSEMBLY FOR SODIUM COOLED REACTOR 有权
    冷却反应器冷却组件

    公开(公告)号:US20090225926A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-09-10

    申请号:US12360329

    申请日:2009-01-27

    申请人: Mario D. Carelli

    发明人: Mario D. Carelli

    IPC分类号: G21C9/00

    摘要: A tertiary shutdown system for a liquid metal reactor that eliminates the need for considering an ATWS in setting the thermal power limits of the reactor. The shutdown system includes a reservoir of neutron absorber material that is sealed by a valve that may actively dispense the absorber upon operator command, into a stagnant pool of sodium in the core that is confined to prevent the absorber material from entering the coolant flowing through the core. Additionally, the valve may be passively open to release the absorber material into the stagnant pool of sodium when the temperature at the valve exceeds a predetermined limit.

    摘要翻译: 用于液态金属反应器的三次关闭系统,消除了在设定反应堆的热功率极限时考虑ATWS的需要。 关闭系统包括中空吸收器材料储存器,其由阀门密封,阀可以在操作者指令下主动地将吸收器分配到芯中的停滞的钠池中,所述钠池限制在内,以防止吸收剂材料进入流过 核心。 此外,当阀门的温度超过预定极限时,阀可被动地打开以将吸收体材料释放到钠的停滞池中。

    Unitary, transportable, assembled nuclear steam supply system with life time fuel supply and method of operating same
    5.
    发明授权
    Unitary, transportable, assembled nuclear steam supply system with life time fuel supply and method of operating same 有权
    一体式,可运输,组装的核燃料供应系统,具有使用寿命的燃料供应和运行方式

    公开(公告)号:US06259760B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-07-10

    申请号:US09392011

    申请日:1999-09-08

    IPC分类号: G21C102

    摘要: A unitary, transportable, assembled nuclear steam supply system (NSSS) with a lifetime fuel supply utilizes a fast or epithermal spectrum reactor core immersed in a pool of light water together with a plurality of steam generators through which the coolant is circulated by up to 100% natural circulation at full power, augmented by reactor coolant pumps also immersed in the pool. Redundant steam generators and reactor coolant pumps, together with the fast or epithermal spectrum reactor core and pool configuration, make it possible to operate the NSSS for 10 to 15 or more years without maintenance on the internals or refueling, thereby rendering the system proliferation resistant.

    摘要翻译: 具有终身燃料供应的单一,可运输,组装的核蒸汽供应系统(NSSS)利用浸入淡水池中的快速或超热频谱反应堆核心,以及多个蒸汽发生器,冷却剂通过该蒸汽发生器循环达100 全功率的自然循环%,也被沉浸在池中的反应堆冷却剂泵增加。 冗余蒸汽发生器和反应堆冷却剂泵以及快速或超热谱反应堆核心和池配置可以使NSSS运行10到15年或更长时间,而不需要对内部维护或加油进行维护,从而使系统具有增殖能力。

    Stackable truncated conical shell fuel element and an assembly thereof
for a nuclear thermal engine
    6.
    发明授权
    Stackable truncated conical shell fuel element and an assembly thereof for a nuclear thermal engine 失效
    可堆叠的截锥形壳体燃料元件及其用于核热引擎的组件

    公开(公告)号:US5317611A

    公开(公告)日:1994-05-31

    申请号:US878934

    申请日:1992-05-05

    IPC分类号: G21C3/02 G21D5/02

    摘要: A modular fuel assembly for a nuclear thermal engine includes a plurality of fuel elements each having a fueled, truncated conical shell and an unfueled peripheral lip at the base of the shell with radial passages there-through. The fuel elements are nested with the lips seating one on top of another to form a stack of fuel elements with frusto-conical flow passages between the shells of adjacent fuel elements which are divided into channels by ribs on the conical shells. The stack of fuel elements is mounted in a cylindrical housing with the bases of the shells facing a central inlet opening at one end of the housing. Propellant enters the central inlet opening, is deflected radially outward by a deflector into an annular flow distribution channel from which it flows radially inward through the passages in the fuel element lips, through the flow channels of frusto-conical passages between the fueled shells where it is heated, and out through a central exhaust passage.

    摘要翻译: 用于核热引擎的模块化燃料组件包括多个燃料元件,每个燃料元件具有燃料的截头圆锥形壳体和在壳体的基部处的未加入的周边唇缘,并且在其间具有径向通道。 燃料元件是嵌套的,其中唇部位于另一个的顶部,以形成具有截头圆锥形流动通道的燃料元件的堆叠,在邻近的燃料元件的壳体之间通过圆锥形壳体上的肋分成通道。 燃料元件堆叠安装在圆柱形壳体中,壳体的基部面向壳体一端的中心入口开口。 推进剂进入中心入口开口,由偏转器径向向外偏转到环形分流通道中,通过燃料元件唇缘中的通道径向向内流过燃料元件嘴唇中的通道,通过燃料壳体之间的截头圆锥形通道的流动通道, 被加热,并通过中央排气通道排出。

    Cold shutdown assembly for sodium cooled reactor
    7.
    发明授权
    Cold shutdown assembly for sodium cooled reactor 有权
    冷却反应堆的冷关闭组件

    公开(公告)号:US08559585B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-15

    申请号:US12360329

    申请日:2009-01-27

    申请人: Mario D. Carelli

    发明人: Mario D. Carelli

    IPC分类号: G21C13/00

    摘要: A tertiary shutdown system for a liquid metal reactor that eliminates the need for considering an ATWS in setting the thermal power limits of the reactor. The shutdown system includes a reservoir of neutron absorber material that is sealed by a valve that may actively dispense the absorber upon operator command, into a stagnant pool of sodium in the core that is confined to prevent the absorber material from entering the coolant flowing through the core. Additionally, the valve may be passively open to release the absorber material into the stagnant pool of sodium when the temperature at the valve exceeds a predetermined limit.

    摘要翻译: 用于液态金属反应器的三次关闭系统,消除了在设置反应堆的热功率极限时考虑ATWS的需要。 关闭系统包括中空吸收器材料储存器,其由阀门密封,阀可以在操作者指令下主动地将吸收器分配到芯中的停滞的钠池中,所述钠池限制在内,以防止吸收剂材料进入流过 核心。 此外,当阀门的温度超过预定极限时,阀可被动地打开以将吸收体材料释放到钠的停滞池中。

    Integral PWR with diverse emergency cooling and method of operating same
    8.
    发明授权
    Integral PWR with diverse emergency cooling and method of operating same 有权
    集成PWR具有多种紧急冷却和运行方式

    公开(公告)号:US06795518B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-09-21

    申请号:US09803418

    申请日:2001-03-09

    IPC分类号: G21C9012

    摘要: Passive emergency cooling in response to a loss of coolant accident (LOCA) in a PWR, having an integral reactor pressure vessel incorporating the steam generators and housed in a small high pressure containment vessel, is provided by circulating cooling water through the steam generators and heat exchangers in an external tank to cool the reactor vessel at a rate sufficient to lower the pressure in the reactor vessel below that in containment to reverse mass flow out of the reactor vessel and keep the reactor core covered without the addition of makeup water. Suppression tanks inside the small high pressure containment structure limit peak blowdown pressure in containment and provide flood-up water and gravity fed makeup water to cool the core. Diverse cooling is provided by natural circulation of air, and if needed, water, over the spherical containment structure.

    摘要翻译: 响应于PWR中的冷却剂事故(LOCA)的被动应急冷却,其具有并入蒸汽发生器并且容纳在小型高压容器中的整体反应堆压力容器,通过循环冷却水通过蒸汽发生器和热量 在外部罐中的交换器以足以将反应器容器中的压力降低到低于容器的压力的速率冷却反应器容器以使质量流出反应器容器流出并且保持反应堆芯不被添加补充水。 抑制罐内的小型高压遏制结构限制了遏制的顶峰排污压力,并提供补水和重力补给补水以冷却核心。 不同的冷却是由空气的自然循环提供的,如果需要的话,水可以在球形容纳结构之上。

    Blanket management method for liquid metal fast breeder reactors
    9.
    发明授权
    Blanket management method for liquid metal fast breeder reactors 失效
    液态金属快速增殖反应堆毛毯管理方法

    公开(公告)号:US4584167A

    公开(公告)日:1986-04-22

    申请号:US618769

    申请日:1984-06-11

    申请人: Mario D. Carelli

    发明人: Mario D. Carelli

    IPC分类号: G21C19/20 G21C19/00

    CPC分类号: G21C19/205

    摘要: A method for reducing thermal striping in liquid metal fast breeder reactors by reducing temperature gradients between adjacent fuel and blanket assemblies by shuffling blanket assemblies at each refueling outage so as to progressively shuffle the blanket assemblies to the core periphery through multiple moves and to generally locate fresh blanket assemblies adjacent to exposed fuel assemblies and exposed blanket assemblies adjacent to fresh fuel. Additionally, assembly orificing is altered to provide less flow to blanket assemblies needing less flow due to an otherwise decreased temperature gradient and providing additional flow to fuel assemblies which need more flow to sufficiently reduce temperature gradients to prevent thermal striping.

    摘要翻译: 一种在液态金属快速增殖反应堆中通过减少相邻燃料和橡皮布组件之间的温度梯度来减少每次加油中断时的橡皮布组件的方法,以便通过多次移动将橡皮布组件逐渐洗牌到芯部外围,并且通常定位新鲜 与暴露的燃料组件相邻的橡皮布组件和与新鲜燃料相邻的暴露的橡皮布组件。 另外,改变组装喷嘴以为由于另外降低的温度梯度而需要更少流量的橡皮布组件提供更少的流量,并且为燃料组件提供额外的流量,其需要更多流量以充分降低温度梯度以防止热剥离。