GB799725A - Nuclear reactor and method of operating same - Google Patents

Nuclear reactor and method of operating same

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Publication number
GB799725A
GB799725A GB35303/56A GB3530356A GB799725A GB 799725 A GB799725 A GB 799725A GB 35303/56 A GB35303/56 A GB 35303/56A GB 3530356 A GB3530356 A GB 3530356A GB 799725 A GB799725 A GB 799725A
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reactor
water
steam
blanket
core
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Babcock and Wilcox Co
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Babcock and Wilcox Co
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21D—NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
    • G21D5/00—Arrangements of reactor and engine in which reactor-produced heat is converted into mechanical energy
    • G21D5/04—Reactor and engine not structurally combined
    • G21D5/06—Reactor and engine not structurally combined with engine working medium circulating through reactor core
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C1/00—Reactor types
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C1/00—Reactor types
    • G21C1/04—Thermal reactors ; Epithermal reactors
    • G21C1/06—Heterogeneous reactors, i.e. in which fuel and moderator are separated
    • G21C1/08—Heterogeneous 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
    • G21C1/082—Reactors where the coolant is overheated
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C5/00—Moderator or core structure; Selection of materials for use as moderator
    • G21C5/18—Moderator or core structure; Selection of materials for use as moderator characterised by the provision of more than one active zone
    • G21C5/20—Moderator or core structure; Selection of materials for use as moderator characterised by the provision of more than one active zone wherein one zone contains fissile material and another zone contains breeder material
    • 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
    • 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)
  • Manufacture And Refinement Of Metals (AREA)
  • Structure Of Emergency Protection For Nuclear Reactors (AREA)

Abstract

799,725. Nuclear reactors. BABCOCK & WILCOX CO. Nov. 19, 1956 [Nov. 30, 1955], No. 35303/56. Class 39(4). Vapour is superheated in the fertile material of a breeder reactor. Water (D 2 O or H 2 O) in the reactor below the core passes up through the core and is heated by fissile elements 14 to produce saturated steam which is dried in whirl separators 34. The water passes to the reflector space 38 and the dry steam is superheated by passage through a fertile blanket 42 and leaves the reactor at 56. Water from 48, 50 is re-circulated at 24, 26 to cool the reactor, cold water from the condensed steam being returned at 46. After partial conversion the fertile elements, which contain natural uranium or thorium, are moved to replace fissile elements and maintain the ratio between heat released in core and heat released in blanket. Graphite sheets may be used in the blanket 42. Control rods 52 pass through the pressure vessel containing the reactor. The reactor may be used in the cycle shown in Fig. 2, steam from the reactor 60 being passed to a turbine 66, condensed at 70 and pumped back. Cooling water is circulated separately by pumps 74. To limit the reactor temperature, cool water from 72 is sprayed controllably into the steam at 78.
GB35303/56A 1955-11-30 1956-11-19 Nuclear reactor and method of operating same Expired GB799725A (en)

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US349711XA 1955-11-30 1955-11-30

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BE (1) BE553050A (en)
CH (1) CH349711A (en)
DE (1) DE1039147B (en)
FR (1) FR1168933A (en)
GB (1) GB799725A (en)

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US3091582A (en) * 1958-10-28 1963-05-28 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Nuclear reactor systems
US3144393A (en) * 1962-10-29 1964-08-11 Raber Marvin Subcooled liquiod inlet fog cooled nuclear reactors
US3174907A (en) * 1959-06-04 1965-03-23 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Method of operating a steam generating nuclear reactor
US3175954A (en) * 1960-07-15 1965-03-30 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Nuclear reactor core structure
US3180803A (en) * 1960-12-20 1965-04-27 Combustion Eng Boiling water reactor with divided core
US3180802A (en) * 1960-12-20 1965-04-27 Combustion Eng Boiling water nuclear reactor system
US3184391A (en) * 1960-06-09 1965-05-18 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Boiling water nuclear reactor
US3188277A (en) * 1959-02-26 1965-06-08 Licentia Gmbh Superheater reactor
US3211621A (en) * 1960-09-29 1965-10-12 Westinghouse Electric Corp Heterogeneous breeder or converter type neutronic reactor
US3249506A (en) * 1961-04-28 1966-05-03 Westinghouse Electric Corp Integral vapor generating and superheating neutronic reactor system
US3284312A (en) * 1959-10-09 1966-11-08 Combustion Eng Boiling water nuclear reactor organization
US3658644A (en) * 1970-02-06 1972-04-25 Atomic Energy Commission Fast breeder reactor

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US3034977A (en) * 1958-03-18 1962-05-15 Richard J Holl Nuclear superheater for boiling water reactor
DE1098112B (en) * 1958-09-27 1961-01-26 Maschf Augsburg Nuernberg Ag Nuclear reactor for the generation of superheated water vapor
US3085964A (en) * 1958-11-07 1963-04-16 Parsons C A & Co Ltd Nuclear reactors
US3192120A (en) * 1959-04-03 1965-06-29 Babcock & Wilcox Ltd Nuclear reactor core construction
FR1292317A (en) * 1961-03-22 1962-05-04 Nuclear reactor providing superheated steam
GB1051136A (en) * 1962-09-07
GB1069032A (en) * 1962-12-04 1967-05-17 Atomenergi Ab Superheating of steam in nuclear reactors
FR1407115A (en) * 1964-06-10 1965-07-30 Commissariat Energie Atomique Irradiation device
DE1271849B (en) * 1966-08-12 1968-07-04 Licentia Gmbh Steam-water mixture control box for nuclear reactors

Cited By (12)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3091582A (en) * 1958-10-28 1963-05-28 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Nuclear reactor systems
US3188277A (en) * 1959-02-26 1965-06-08 Licentia Gmbh Superheater reactor
US3174907A (en) * 1959-06-04 1965-03-23 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Method of operating a steam generating nuclear reactor
US3284312A (en) * 1959-10-09 1966-11-08 Combustion Eng Boiling water nuclear reactor organization
US3184391A (en) * 1960-06-09 1965-05-18 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Boiling water nuclear reactor
US3175954A (en) * 1960-07-15 1965-03-30 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Nuclear reactor core structure
US3211621A (en) * 1960-09-29 1965-10-12 Westinghouse Electric Corp Heterogeneous breeder or converter type neutronic reactor
US3180803A (en) * 1960-12-20 1965-04-27 Combustion Eng Boiling water reactor with divided core
US3180802A (en) * 1960-12-20 1965-04-27 Combustion Eng Boiling water nuclear reactor system
US3249506A (en) * 1961-04-28 1966-05-03 Westinghouse Electric Corp Integral vapor generating and superheating neutronic reactor system
US3144393A (en) * 1962-10-29 1964-08-11 Raber Marvin Subcooled liquiod inlet fog cooled nuclear reactors
US3658644A (en) * 1970-02-06 1972-04-25 Atomic Energy Commission Fast breeder reactor

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DE1039147B (en) 1958-09-18
FR1168933A (en) 1958-12-18
CH349711A (en) 1960-10-31

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