https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20146702133
Solution of heat removal from nuclear reactors by natural convection
UWB in Pilsen, Department of Power System Engineering, Univerzitni 8, 306 14 Pilsen, Czech Republic
a Corresponding author: zitek@kke.zcu.cz
Published online: 25 March 2014
This paper summarizes the basis for the solution of heat removal by natural convection from both conventional nuclear reactors and reactors with fuel flowing coolant (such as reactors with molten fluoride salts MSR).The possibility of intensification of heat removal through gas lift is focused on. It might be used in an MSR (Molten Salt Reactor) for cleaning the salt mixture of degassed fission products and therefore eliminating problems with iodine pitting. Heat removal by natural convection and its intensification increases significantly the safety of nuclear reactors. Simultaneously the heat removal also solves problems with lifetime of pumps in the primary circuit of high-temperature reactors.
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