Boiling water reactor and operation thereof

• Main Author: HIRAIWA KOUJI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.01.2002
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PHYSICS; REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

In a nuclear reactor, in-core stability is improved, power density is increased, and an economical natural-circulation reactor (or partial forced-circulation reactor) is achieved. The reactor core has a void reactivity coefficient between -0.07 and -0.03% DELTAk/k/% void fraction. This void reactivi...