Fail-safe reactivity compensation method for a nuclear reactor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12073952
APP PUB NO 20210313081A1
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17349595

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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.

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BWXT TECHNICAL SERVICES GROUP INC11525 N COMMUNITY HOUSE ROAD SUITE 600 CHARLOTTE NC 28277

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Aase, Scott B Aiken, US 6 28
Angelo, Peter L Oak Ridge, US 3 16
Nygaard, Erik T Lynchburg, US 11 41

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