GB1405443A - Nuclear reactor of the kind having built-in heat exchanger systems - Google Patents

Nuclear reactor of the kind having built-in heat exchanger systems

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Publication number
GB1405443A
GB1405443A GB3979472A GB3979472A GB1405443A GB 1405443 A GB1405443 A GB 1405443A GB 3979472 A GB3979472 A GB 3979472A GB 3979472 A GB3979472 A GB 3979472A GB 1405443 A GB1405443 A GB 1405443A
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core
exchangers
pumps
heat
inlets
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Creusot Loire SA
Commissariat a lEnergie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives CEA
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Commissariat a lEnergie Atomique CEA
Creusot Loire SA
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C1/00—Reactor types
    • G21C1/02—Fast fission reactors, i.e. reactors not using a moderator ; Metal cooled reactors; Fast breeders
    • G21C1/03—Fast fission reactors, i.e. reactors not using a moderator ; Metal cooled reactors; Fast breeders cooled by a coolant not essentially pressurised, e.g. pool-type reactors
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C13/00—Pressure vessels; Containment vessels; Containment in general
    • G21C13/08—Vessels characterised by the material; Selection of materials for pressure vessels
    • G21C13/087—Metallic vessels
    • G21C13/0875—Tube-type vessels, e.g. for not essentially pressurised coolants
    • 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)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Heat-Exchange Devices With Radiators And Conduit Assemblies (AREA)

Abstract

1405443 Cooling reactors SOC CREUSOT. LOIRE and COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 25 Aug 1972 [26 Aug 1971] 39794/72 Heading G6C In a liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor in which the containment vessel incorporates heatexchangers and circulation pumps, the hot coolant forms a free body of liquid within the vessel and the cold coolant emerging from the heat-exchangers is confined, on its return path to the core, in means submerged in the free body. In one embodiment (Fig. 1, not shown) each heat exchanger comprises a bundle of tubes (13) supported in an annular chamber defined between inner (9) and outer (6) sleeves. Coolant inlets (6a) conduct hot sodium from the core (1) into the chamber so as to flow downwardly over the tubes (13) through which a secondary coolant is passed. From the base of the exchanger, the sodium passes up to inlets (7a) of a pump (7) which is surrounded by the exchanger. The cold sodium discharged from the pump is conveyed to an inlet plenum (2) below the core (1) through a closed pipe (8). The heat exchangers and pumps are distributed at equal angular intervals radially outwardly of the core (1). In another embodiment (Fig. 2, not shown) the heat-exchangers comprise bundles of tubes (13a) mounted in an annular chamber surrounding the core (1) and defined by annular walls (22, 23) of different radii. The exchangers alternate with the pumps (7) in a regular angular distribution about the core (1). The inlets (7a) to the pumps are separated by means of a hood (21) from the secondary coolant emerging from the heatexchangers into a chamber thereabove. The pumps discharge cold sodium to the core inlet plenum (2) via closed pipes (8). The inlets to the heat-exchangers are defined by apertures (6a) at the upper edge of the inner (23) of the two annular walls.
GB3979472A 1971-08-26 1972-08-25 Nuclear reactor of the kind having built-in heat exchanger systems Expired GB1405443A (en)

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FR7131037A FR2150256B1 (en) 1971-08-26 1971-08-26

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GB1405443A true GB1405443A (en) 1975-09-10

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JP (1) JPS4848896A (en)
DE (1) DE2241247C2 (en)
FR (1) FR2150256B1 (en)
GB (1) GB1405443A (en)
IT (1) IT965126B (en)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4608224A (en) * 1980-07-04 1986-08-26 Service National Electricite De France Nuclear reactor cooled by a liquid metal

Families Citing this family (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2525017A1 (en) * 1982-04-09 1983-10-14 Novatome SILVER METAL COLLECTOR AND SEPARATOR DEVICE IN A FAST NEUTRON NUCLEAR REACTOR
FR2561029B1 (en) * 1984-03-09 1986-10-31 Commissariat Energie Atomique NUCLEAR REACTOR COOLED BY LIQUID METAL

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FR1511662A (en) * 1966-12-23 1968-02-02 Commissariat Energie Atomique Liquid cooled nuclear reactor
US3715270A (en) * 1968-01-30 1973-02-06 Ikaea Nuclear reactors

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4608224A (en) * 1980-07-04 1986-08-26 Service National Electricite De France Nuclear reactor cooled by a liquid metal

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FR2150256A1 (en) 1973-04-06
DE2241247A1 (en) 1973-04-05
FR2150256B1 (en) 1974-03-29
JPS4848896A (en) 1973-07-10
DE2241247C2 (en) 1983-01-20
IT965126B (en) 1974-01-31

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PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee