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US08693611B2 Liquid-metal-cooled fast reactor core comprising nuclear fuel assembly with nuclear fuel rods with varying fuel cladding thickness in each of the reactor core regions
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液体 - 金属冷却的快堆堆芯包括在每个反应堆核心区域中具有不同燃料包层厚度的核燃料棒的核燃料组件
- Patent Title: Liquid-metal-cooled fast reactor core comprising nuclear fuel assembly with nuclear fuel rods with varying fuel cladding thickness in each of the reactor core regions
- Patent Title (中): 液体 - 金属冷却的快堆堆芯包括在每个反应堆核心区域中具有不同燃料包层厚度的核燃料棒的核燃料组件
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Application No.: US12443519Application Date: 2007-10-16
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Publication No.: US08693611B2Publication Date: 2014-04-08
- Inventor: Ser Gi Hong , Yeong-Il Kim , Sang Ji Kim , Do-Hee Hahn
- Applicant: Ser Gi Hong , Yeong-Il Kim , Sang Ji Kim , Do-Hee Hahn
- Applicant Address: KR KR
- Assignee: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute,Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute,Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR KR
- Agency: Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
- Priority: KR10-2006-0100415 20061016
- International Application: PCT/KR2007/005053 WO 20071016
- International Announcement: WO2008/048031 WO 20080424
- Main IPC: G21C3/32
- IPC: G21C3/32

Abstract:
A liquid-metal cooled fast reactor core having a nuclear fuel assembly constituted of nuclear fuel rods with varying cladding thicknesses in reactor core regions, in which: the nuclear fuel assembly (1) of a liquid-metal cooled fast reactor includes nuclear fuel assemblies (1a, 1b and 1c) in inner, middle and outer reactor core regions, respectively, and is installed in a hexagonal duct (3) with nuclear fuel materials (2-2a, 2-2b and 2-2c) surrounded by respective claddings (2-1a, 2-1b and 2-1c), and the claddings (2-1a, 2-1b and 2-1c) of a nuclear fuel rod (2a) in the inner reactor core region, a nuclear fuel rod (2b) in the middle reactor core region and a nuclear fuel rod (2c) in the outer reactor core region are formed at different thicknesses. The reactor core can flatten power distribution using a single-enrichment nuclear fuel in the liquid-metal cooled fast reactor.
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