US3132076A
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Nuclear reactor
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1960-03-14
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Granted: 1964-05-05
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Expires: 1980-03-14
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 John M West
- 👤 Robert W Deutsch
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 03:28
CPC Classifications
G; G21; G21C; G21C7/00; G21C1/00; G21C1/04; G21C1/06; G21C1/08; G21C3/00; G21C3/30; G21C3/32; G21C3/322; G21C7/005; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E30/00; Y02E30/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
123 words
IN A THERMAL NUCLEAR REACTOR, A WATER COOLED AND MODERATED CORE STRUCTURE COMPRISING A MULTIPLICITY OF SIMILAR, PARALLEL, RIGHT PRISMATIC FISSIONABLE FUEL-ASSEMBLIES LATERALLY SPACED APART AND DEFINING A FIRST GROUP OF WATER FILLED CHANNELS OF UNIFORM WIDTH IN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID ASSEMBLIES, CONTROL RODS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID FIRST GROUP OF CHANNELS PARALLEL TO SAID ASSEMBLIES, EACH OF SAID ASSEMBLIES COMPRISING A MULTIPLICITY OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING FUEL RODS ARRANGED IN ROWS FORMING AT LEAST ONE GENERALLY ANNULAR FUEL REGION, A SECOND GROUP OF WATER FILLED CHANNELS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID ASSEMBLIES, AT LEAST ONE CHANNEL OF SAID SECOND GROUP BEING DISPOSED WITHIN EACH OF SAID ASSEMBLIES, AND EACH OF SAID ROWS OF FUEL RODS BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT AND PARALLEL TO ONE OF SAID CHANNELS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
123 words
IN A THERMAL NUCLEAR REACTOR, A WATER COOLED AND MODERATED CORE STRUCTURE COMPRISING A MULTIPLICITY OF SIMILAR, PARALLEL, RIGHT PRISMATIC FISSIONABLE FUEL-ASSEMBLIES LATERALLY SPACED APART AND DEFINING A FIRST GROUP OF WATER FILLED CHANNELS OF UNIFORM WIDTH IN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID ASSEMBLIES, CONTROL RODS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID FIRST GROUP OF CHANNELS PARALLEL TO SAID ASSEMBLIES, EACH OF SAID ASSEMBLIES COMPRISING A MULTIPLICITY OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING FUEL RODS ARRANGED IN ROWS FORMING AT LEAST ONE GENERALLY ANNULAR FUEL REGION, A SECOND GROUP OF WATER FILLED CHANNELS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID ASSEMBLIES, AT LEAST ONE CHANNEL OF SAID SECOND GROUP BEING DISPOSED WITHIN EACH OF SAID ASSEMBLIES, AND EACH OF SAID ROWS OF FUEL RODS BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT AND PARALLEL TO ONE OF SAID CHANNELS.
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