GB941918A - Improvements relating to nuclear reactor installations - Google Patents

Improvements relating to nuclear reactor installations

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GB941918A
GB941918A GB13086/61A GB1308661A GB941918A GB 941918 A GB941918 A GB 941918A GB 13086/61 A GB13086/61 A GB 13086/61A GB 1308661 A GB1308661 A GB 1308661A GB 941918 A GB941918 A GB 941918A
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ring main
passages
vault
tank
ring
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GB13086/61A
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Owen Hayden
Gilbert Harold Turner
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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Priority claimed from GB19908/57A external-priority patent/GB835947A/en
Application filed by UK Atomic Energy Authority filed Critical UK Atomic Energy Authority
Priority to GB13086/61A priority Critical patent/GB941918A/en
Publication of GB941918A publication Critical patent/GB941918A/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C15/00—Cooling arrangements within the pressure vessel containing the core; Selection of specific coolants
    • G21C15/02—Arrangements or disposition of passages in which heat is transferred to the coolant; Coolant flow control devices
    • G21C15/12—Arrangements or disposition of passages in which heat is transferred to the coolant; Coolant flow control devices from pressure vessel; from containment vessel
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C11/00—Shielding structurally associated with the reactor
    • G21C11/02—Biological shielding ; Neutron or gamma shielding
    • 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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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
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  • Molecular Biology (AREA)
  • Structure Of Emergency Protection For Nuclear Reactors (AREA)
  • Heat-Exchange Devices With Radiators And Conduit Assemblies (AREA)

Abstract

941,918. Reactors. UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY. April, 18,1962 [April 11, 1961], No. 13086/61. Heading G6C. A fast sodium cooled reactor 11 is contained within a shielded cylindrical vessel 12 itself contained within a multi-walled tank structure 13, the structure including a sodium coolantcontaining tank 14, a leak jacket 15 having heat insulation 16, and a metal clad concrete wall 17 defining a vault. The space between the tank 14 and jacket 15 is filled with nitrogen and the jacket is supported in the vault by rollers 19. Extending through the vault roof 21 is a ring of heat exchanger units such as 22, each unit extending into the sodium coolant in the tank 14, there being connections (not shown) between the units, the interior of the tank 14 and the interior of the vessel 12. Surrounding the whole installation is a containment shell having a cylindrical portion 26 and a domed top (not shown). A jacket 27 backed with heat insulation 28 extends around the inside of the shell portion 26 to define a narrow annular duct 29, this duct forming part of a closed nitrogen gas circuit for cooling the concrete vault and the head of the heat exchanger units 22. The gas circuit includes four ring mains encircling the wall 17: an inlet ring main 30 and an outlet ring main 31 connected, respectively, at a number of positions 30a, 31a to the top and bottom portions of the duct 29, and hot and cold ring mains 32, 33. The hot ring main 32 is connected by a number of pipes 34 to the inlet ring main 30, the outlet ring main 31 and cold ring main 33 being similarly connected but with an interposed fan 35, each fan having an inlet 36 and an outlet 37. The ring main 33 is connected through a number of passages 38 to the bottom of the vault, whilst the top of the vault is connected through passages 41 to the ring main 32. Thus the heated gas withdrawn through passages 41 is cooled in the annular duct 29 by losing its heat to the outer atmosphere and is then returned through the passages 38. A subsidiary ring main 42 encircles the head of each unit 22,this ring main being connected by a pipe 43 to the cold ring main 33 and by a number of passages 44 through the roof 21 to the top of the vault. Thus the head is cooled by the flow of gas from pipe 43 and returning to the passages 41 by the passages 44.
GB13086/61A 1957-06-24 1961-04-11 Improvements relating to nuclear reactor installations Expired GB941918A (en)

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GB19908/57A GB835947A (en) 1957-06-24 1957-06-24 Improvements in or relating to cooling of nuclear reactors
GB13086/61A GB941918A (en) 1957-06-24 1961-04-11 Improvements relating to nuclear reactor installations

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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2002533A1 (en) * 1968-02-23 1969-10-17 Atomic Energy Authority Uk LIQUID COOLED NUCLEAR REACTOR
FR2044625A1 (en) * 1969-03-10 1971-02-26 Commissariat Energie Atomique Thermal protection for vessel of na-cooled - fast-neutron reactor
GB2157880A (en) * 1984-04-19 1985-10-30 Westinghouse Electric Corp An improved nuclear reactor plant construction
GB2160008A (en) * 1984-06-08 1985-12-11 Nat Nuclear Corp Ltd Improvements in nuclear reactors

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2002533A1 (en) * 1968-02-23 1969-10-17 Atomic Energy Authority Uk LIQUID COOLED NUCLEAR REACTOR
FR2044625A1 (en) * 1969-03-10 1971-02-26 Commissariat Energie Atomique Thermal protection for vessel of na-cooled - fast-neutron reactor
GB2157880A (en) * 1984-04-19 1985-10-30 Westinghouse Electric Corp An improved nuclear reactor plant construction
GB2160008A (en) * 1984-06-08 1985-12-11 Nat Nuclear Corp Ltd Improvements in nuclear reactors

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