A rail transportable lead-bismuth cooled reactor

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

A rail transportable lead-bismuth cooled reactor

Original language description

A conceptual design of a small reactor cooled by lead-bismuth is developed. The main constraint on this reactor design is its transportability. The whole reactor module should be transportable on a rail cart. This imposes a volume envelope of approximately 4.5 x 4.5 x 24 m and the maximum weight of about 300 tons. Therefore, the reactor vessel is 3 m in diameter and 3.85 m tall. In order to satisfy the proliferation resistance requirements the reactor is sealed after the fuel is loaded and shall not beopened until it is shipped back after it reaches its end of lifetime after 15years. The reactor fuel is 11% and 13% enriched plutonium nitride. Reactor power is 50 MWth which translates into 15 MWc. Reactor pool is at nearly atmospheric pressure. Core inlet and outlet temperature are 350 and 365 degrees C, respectively. The reactor uses electromagnetic pumps to drive the primary coolant circulation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

JF - Nuclear energy

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2008

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Progress in Nuclear Energy

ISSN

0149-1970

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

50

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2-6

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000254598500023

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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