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AssigneeBWXT Technical Services Group, Inc.
InventorsErik T. Nygaard, Peter L. Angelo, Scott B. Aase
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The present invention relates generally to the field of compensation methods for nuclear reactors and, in particular to a method for fail-safe reactivity compensation in solution-type nuclear reactors. In one embodiment, the fail-safe reactivity compensation method of the present invention augments other control methods for a nuclear reactor. In still another embodiment, the fail-safe reactivity compensation method of the present invention permits one to control a nuclear reaction in a nuclear reactor through a method that does not rely on moving components into or out of a reactor core, nor does the method of the present invention rely on the constant repositioning of control rods within a nuclear reactor in order to maintain a critical state.
A method for controlling the reactivity in a solution nuclear reactor, the method comprising the steps of:
A method for augmenting the control of the reactivity in a solution nuclear reactor, the method comprising the steps of:
A method of adjusting the reactivity in a solution nuclear reactor having a reactor core in a reactor vessel and at least one standpipe located in the reactor vessel, said standpipe having a first opening above a level of solution in the vessel and a second opening below the level of the solution in the vessel for passage of the solution into and out of the standpipe, the method comprising the steps of:
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