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Figure 16. Time and core average axial power distribution.
Figure 17 Peak power pin location temperatures.
Figure 1 Sizes Range of Reactor Applications
Table 1 SS_UO2 and Moly_UN Concept Performance
Figure 23 Mobile heat pipe reactor in shipping cask
Figure 13 Core radiation transport schematic, Core (blue), reflector (orange), green is core block, blue is fuel, white circles are heat pipes, orange is alumina, yellow is boron carbide.
Figure 5 View of heat pipes and fuel in a solid core monolithic block
Figure 22 Heat pipe and composite
Figure 14 Core to heat exchanger schematic
Figure 6 Heat pipe reactor with primary (working fluid) heat exchanger and decay heat exchanger for safety
Figure 3 A heat-pipe reactor core showing the fueled region with the control drums and heat-pipe array projecting to the left.
Figure 2 A schematic of a generic heat pipe showing heated region on top and transfer region on bottom.
Figure 24 Concept for mobile reactor deployment
Table 2 Results of Qualitative Analysis
Figure 8 Temperature distribution of the 5 MWt heat pipe reactor for a failed heat pipe.
Figure 9 Strain analysis of a failed heat pipe in the monolithic block.
Figure 21 Tube and block (also pool) configuration
Figure 19 Temperatures with centralized failed heat pipe.
Figure 18 Temperatures at nominal operating condition.
Figure 15 Fuel pin peaking factors at beginning of life.
Figure 4 Heat pipe reactor core side view and end view showing monolithic block, fuel, heat pipes, reflector and control drums
Figure 20 Monolithic or HP and block configuration
Figure 12 Change in power density for a single end heat pipe (red) and a double ended heat pipe (black)
Figure 7 Typical heat-pipe axial performance limits versus evaporator exit temperature for a 1.5-cm-i.d. x 4-m-long sodium heat pipe.
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Design of megawatt power level heat pipe reactors
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Patrick R. McClure
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David I. Poston
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Venkateswara Rao Dasari
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Robert S. Reid
12 Nov 2015
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