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Assignee"Akme-Engineering", Joint-Stock Company
InventorsAleksandr Vladislavovich DEDYL, Vladimir Sergeevich STEPANOV, Georgii Il'ich TOSHINSKII, Urii Aleksandrovich ARSEN'EV, Oleg Gennad'evich KOMLEV, Mihail Petrovich VAHRUSHIN, Sergey Aleksandrovich GRIGOR'EV, Sergey Vladimirovich SAMKOTRYASOV
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The invention relates to nuclear power engineering and is intended for using in power plants with a reactor with a heavy liquid metal coolant (HLMC) based on lead or on lead-bismuth alloys. The invention makes it possible to increase the radiation protection efficiency for the in-vessel equipment of a nuclear reactor, to increase the heat storage capacity of the primary circuit, to reduce the nuclear reactor weight, and to improve its strength characteristics. In the in-vessel space of a nuclear reactor, which is not occupied by the necessary equipment, containers filled with a material that reflects or absorbs neutrons, with a heat capacity greater than that of the coolant, are installed with gaps ensuring the coolant flow, while the containers are placed in such a way that the resulting gaps form channels with a turbulent coolant flow to cool these containers at a flow rate corresponding to the nominal power output level of the nuclear reactor.
A nuclear reactor with a heavy liquid metal coolant, with, located in the same vessel, at least one heat exchanger or at least one steam generator, control and monitoring elements, one circulation pump of the primary circuit, main channels and auxiliary channels, designed for the coolant flow, that do not perform the function of core cooling, including a header for collecting and distributing the coolant through the main and auxiliary channels, characterized in that in the in-vessel space of the nuclear reactor, not occupied by these elements, containers are placed with gaps, providing the coolant flow, wherein the said containers are filled with a material that reflects or absorbs neutrons, with a heat capacity greater than that of the coolant, wherein the said containers are placed in such a way that the resulting gaps form channels with a turbulent coolant flow for cooling these containers at its flow rate corresponding to the nominal power level of the nuclear reactor.
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