A UO<sub>2</sub>—Liquid Metal Slurry Reactor for Economic Power

Davidson, J.K.; Robb, W.; Salmon, O.N.; Sampson, J.B.

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“…It was circulated for 40 hours at temperatures varying between 500 and 600 C with no evidence of settling. Davidson (47) also observed that uranium dioxide was not wet by bismuth but that, when uranium was added, the uranium dioxide was wet.…”

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Sodium and Bismuth Liquid Metal Fuel Systems a Literature Search to June 30, 1957

Vogel¹,

Rodger²

1958

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The literature on sodiumi, NaK, and bismuth liquid metal reactor fuel systems is reviewed to June 30, 1957. The various criteria which have been used for the selection of liquid metal fuel carriers are discussed. Corrosion information on each fuel carrier is sumrnarized and some discussion of the fabricability of components from possible materials of construction is included. Work done on the testing of various fuel concepts for each carrier is indicated. *However, at high temperatures and in large pipe sizes the heavy metals impose a substantial structural problem. Thus, a 10-inch bore pipe carries a bismuth load of about 330 lb/ft at 540 C. According to C. D. BoadleC-*-) much of the advantage of the low pressure of the reactor k lost in the high structural loads which must be supported in the piping if the heavier liquids aie employed^ (c) lack of appreciable gas evolution-in the aqueous homogeneous reactor deuterium and oxygen are formedj due to radiolytic decomposition of DgO. Since a research program directed at the development of fluid fuels for nuclear reactors might have important resultss a literature search was undertaken. This search covers the following general categories; sodiums sodiunn-potassium alloySs bismuth and its pertinent alloys, slurries in liquid metals, and liquid metal-fueled reactor concepts, A more extensive literature search would also have considered other possible liquid metal systems. Time limitations, however, dictated that con= sideration be restricted to sodium and bismuth systems. The literature was searched through June 30, 1957, Since that time, there has been a considerable volume of literature which is not covered in this report. Aqueous homogeneous and fused salt reactors were, in general, excluded from consideration. The plan which will be used in presenting this information is the following. The various criteria that have been used by other investigators for selection of liquid metal fuel carriers will be reviewed. The liquid metal carriers for the fuel will be used as a primary basis of dividing the information rather than considering, for example, slurries of uranium dioxide in all liquid metals. The reason for this is that the corrosion problem in handling liquid metal fuels is of great, if not controlling, importance, and this problem is largely a function of the carrier.

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Sodium and Bismuth Liquid Metal Fuel Systems a Literature Search to June 30, 1957

Vogel¹,

Rodger²

1958

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“…By using well moderated reactors-thermal reactorsit is simple to adjust to larger size and to provide the desired slow, thermal flux. Split cores might possess some virtue from this standpoint (9) and liquid metaluranium dioxide slurry reactors (5) deserve some study.…”

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“…The extent of leakage should depend on two things: the dimensions of the reactor, for a spherical reactor the radius, R; and the average distance a neutron travels from birth to absorption, M, known as the R*=tKL*+ r)/(vj-l) (5) we can rearrange to get In 6, / is the same thing as k = y(2//2fuel)(2fuei/20). We have therefore the result that k -1 is proportional to (M^/RP), as 2 = 1} + r by definition, and is called the migration area.…”

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The Chemical Industry—A Nuclear Future? Part III. Nuclear Engineering

Tomlinson¹

1959

Ind. Eng. Chem.

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A UO₂—Liquid Metal Slurry Reactor for Economic Power

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Sodium and Bismuth Liquid Metal Fuel Systems a Literature Search to June 30, 1957

Sodium and Bismuth Liquid Metal Fuel Systems a Literature Search to June 30, 1957

The Chemical Industry—A Nuclear Future? Part III. Nuclear Engineering

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A UO2—Liquid Metal Slurry Reactor for Economic Power

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Sodium and Bismuth Liquid Metal Fuel Systems a Literature Search to June 30, 1957

Sodium and Bismuth Liquid Metal Fuel Systems a Literature Search to June 30, 1957

The Chemical Industry—A Nuclear Future? Part III. Nuclear Engineering

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A UO₂—Liquid Metal Slurry Reactor for Economic Power