Traveling Wave Nuclear Fission Reactor, Fuel Assembly, and Method of Controlling Burnup Therein
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    发明申请
    Traveling Wave Nuclear Fission Reactor, Fuel Assembly, and Method of Controlling Burnup Therein 审中-公开
    行波核裂变反应堆,燃料组件及其中的燃烧控制方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160196883A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-07-07

    申请号:US15016051

    申请日:2016-02-04

    申请人: TerraPower, LLC

    IPC分类号: G21C7/08 G21C5/20 G21C1/02

    摘要: A traveling wave nuclear fission reactor, fuel assembly, and a method of controlling burnup therein. In a traveling wave nuclear fission reactor, a nuclear fission reactor fuel assembly comprises a plurality of nuclear fission fuel rods that are exposed to a deflagration wave burnfront that, in turn, travels through the fuel rods. The excess reactivity is controlled by a plurality of movable neutron absorber structures that are selectively inserted into and withdrawn from the fuel assembly in order to control the excess reactivity and thus the location, speed and shape of the burnfront. Controlling location, speed and shape of the burnfront manages neutron fluence seen by fuel assembly structural materials in order to reduce risk of temperature and irradiation damage to the structural materials.

    摘要翻译: 行波核裂变反应堆,燃料组件及其中的燃料控制方法。 在行波核裂变反应堆中,核裂变反应堆燃料组件包括多个核裂变燃料棒,这些核裂变燃料棒暴露于爆燃波燃烧前沿,而爆燃波燃烧棒又穿过燃料棒。 多余的反应性由多个可移动的中子吸收体结构控制,这些结构被选择性地插入到燃料组件中并从燃料组件中排出,以便控制燃烧前沿的过量反应性和位置,速度和形状。 控制燃烧的位置,速度和形状管理燃料组装结构材料所看到的中子通量,以减少对结构材料的温度和辐照损害的风险。