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US 12,562,288 B2Granted
Nuclear reactor
AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorsShota Kobayashi, Satoru Kamohara, Yasutaka Harai, Tadakatsu Yodo, Shohei Otsuki, Nozomu Murakami, Wataru Nakazato, Takashi Hasegawa, Yutaka Tanaka, Tatsuo Ishiguro, Hironori Noguchi, Hideyuki Kudo, Takafumi Noda, Kazuhiro Yoshida
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Abstract
An object is to change reactor core thermal output. A nuclear reactor includes an annular fuel layer and a heat conductive layer stacked on the fuel layer and extending around a periphery of the fuel layer.
Claims8
A nuclear reactor comprising:
- an annular fuel layer includes a support with a through hole formed at the center of a disc shape, and nuclear fuel stored within the surface of the support;
- a heat conductive layer stacked on the fuel layer, in contact with the circular surface of the disc shape of the support, and extending outward in the radial direction of the disc shape of the support beyond the fuel layer;
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- a shielding part that covers the outer periphery of the fuel layer and forms a hermetically sealed space around the area where the fuel layer is placed;
- wherein the heat conductive layer protrudes partially from the interior of the shielding portion and transmits heat generated in the fuel layer to the exterior of the shielding portion only by solid heat conduction.
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