摘要:
The invention relates to the control of a boiling water reactor in which the water circulates by natural convection in the reactor tank through the core, a riser above the core and a downcomer. By varying the water level in the downcomer, the flow rate of circulation and thereby the void fraction in the core and the reactivity are changed. The water level in the downcomer may be adjusted by transferring water to or from an auxiliary reservoir. The local circulation flow rate may be influenced by having a graded riser and by the use of nozzles.
摘要:
A dynamic neutron reflector assembly for a “breed-and-burn” fast reactor incrementally adjusts neutron spectrum and reactivity in a reactor core. The composition of materials in the dynamic neutron reflector may be adjusted to change neutron reflectivity levels, or to introduce neutron moderating or absorption characteristics. The dynamic neutron reflector may contain a flowing reflecting liquid of adjustable volume and/or density. Submergible members may be selectively inserted into the flowing reflecting liquid to alter its volume and introduce other neutron modifying effects such as moderation or absorption. Selective insertion of the submergible members allows for concentration of the neutron modifying effects in a selected portion of the reactor core. The flowing reflecting liquid may also act as a secondary coolant circuit by exchanging heat with the molten fuel salt.
摘要:
Upper internals for a nuclear reactor comprise an upper core plate and a plate which supports cluster guides tubes connecting the two plates together. The cluster guides project above the support plate. A bottom wall of the support plate is situated at a level just higher than the outlet nozzles of the reactor vessel and each guide is supported by the bottom wall of the support plate by abutment of a shoulder formed in a passage of the bottom wall, in the lower half thereof.
摘要:
A fuel assembly having a water cross or water rod arranged between the fuel rods, an inside of the water cross or water rod being divided into a coolant rising passage and a coolant lowering passage, and a control guide tube disposed inside the water cross or water rod and extending along an axial direction of the water cross or water rod. The coolant rising passage has a coolant inlet port formed to a portion above or under a portion at which the fuel rods are supported by the lower tie plate. The control element guide tube has a coolant outlet port formed at that portion so that a coolant introduced into the coolant rising passage flows vertically upwardly, then turns and flows downwardly along the control element guide tube, and flows into an inside thereof through the coolant outlet port. A reactor core comprises a plurality of fuel assemblies each having a structure described above, a control rod and a control element operated in association with the control rod.
摘要:
An apparatus for achieving increased fuel efficiency in a nuclear reactor wherein spectral shift is utilized to adjust for excess reactivity. This feature is achieved by stationary displacer rods within the fluid moderator of the reactor, with these stationary displacer rods decreasing ineffective volume during operation of the reactor whereby the effective volume of the fluid moderator increases as the nuclear fuel is burned. This decrease in effective volume is achieved by providing a sacrificial material in the displacer rods that is dissolved (or volatilized, etc.) by the fluid moderator. The composition of the sacrificial material can be varied along the length of the rod so as to achieve the desired reduction of volume despite a temperature gradient along the rod.
摘要:
The mechanical spectral shift reactor comprises a reactive core having fuel assemblies accommodating both water displacer elements and control rods for selectively changing the volume of water-moderator in the core. The fuel assemblies are arranged in alternating fashion so that one drive mechanism may move displacer elements in more than one fuel assembly without interfering with the movement of control rods or the corresponding control rod drive mechanisms.
摘要:
A neutron absorbing bar for use in a PWR has an integrated damping device comprising a cluster of vertical absorbent rods fixed to the arms of a spider having a central pommel connectable to a drive mechanism. A damping device in the pommel includes a cylinder slidably receiving piston urged into a downward projecting position by springs contained in the cylinder. The cylinder and the piston are so formed that the leak flow at a cross-sectional area offered to the liquid driven out of the cylinder by the piston gradually decrease as the latter moves from an outermost position. The piston carries a hydromechanical damper damping the initial impact of the bar upon a scram.
摘要:
Selectively and remotely disconnectable two-piece drive rod assemblies comprising elongated hub and drive rod portions interconnected by a selectively disconnectable coupling, connect rod clusters within the pressure vessel of a pressurized water reactor system to respectively corresponding drive means. The drive means are selectively operable, through the drive rod assemblies, to move the corresponding rod clusters between fully inserted positions within the lower barrel assembly of the pressure vessel, in telescoping relationship with fuel rod assemblies therein, and to a fully withdrawn position within an inner barrel assembly of the pressure vessel. The rods of each cluster are mounted to and supported by a respectively corresponding spider, in turn connected to the hub portion, the spider supporting the respective cluster on a support plate defining the lower elevation of the inner barrel assembly, in fully inserted positions of the corresponding rod clusters, and support the hubs in parallel axial relationship within the inner barrel assembly. The drive rod portions extend through the calandria and engage the couplings of the corresponding hub portions. The couplings are selectively disconnectable and, when disconnected, permit movement en masse of the calandria and drive rod portions during disassembly and assembly operations. Noninterchangeable couplings of first and second types corresponding to first and second types of rod clusters assure that incorrect couplings are not made in the assembly operations.