Heavy Water Moderated Reactor Design Studies State-of-the-Art Survey.

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NORTHWEST BNWL-854 U C -8 0 , R e a c t o r Technology H E A V Y W A T E R M O D E R A T E D R E A C T O R D E S I G N S T U D I E S S T A T E -O F -T H E -A R T S U R V E Y K . R . W i s e a n d W . W . WaddelSys terns E n g i n e e r i n g Department P h y s i c s and E n g i n e e r i n g D i v i s i o n P r i n t e d i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s of AmericaA v a i l a b l e from C l e a r i n g h o u s e f o r F e d e r a l S c i e n t i f i c and T e c h n i c a l I n f o r m a t i o n N a t i o n a l Bureau o f S t a n d a r d s , U . S . Department of Commerce S p r i n g f i e l d , V i r g i n i a 22151 P r i c e : P r i n t e d Copy $ 3 . 0 0 ; M i c r o f i c h e $0.65 H E A V Y W A T E R M O D E R A T E D R E A C T O R D E S I G N S T U D I E S S T A T E -O F -T H E -A R T S U R V E Y K . R . W i s e a n d W e W. W a d d e l P RE F A C E T h i s r e p o r t was p r e p a r e d f o r t h e U.S. Heavy Water R e a c t o r Base Program, I t s p u r p o s e i s t o r e v i e w t h e s t a t u s o f t e c hn o l o g y i n t h e s u b j e c t a r e a , and t o i d e n t i f y r e q u i r e d r e s e a r c h and development f o r heavy w a t e r r e a c t o r s and r e l a t e d s y s t e m s . BNWL-8 5 4 H E A V Y WATER M O D E R A T E D R E A C T O R D E S I G N S T U D I E S S T A T E -O F -T H E -A R T S U R V E Y K R r W i s e a n d W , W , W a d d e l A B S T R A C T A s p a r t of t h e Heavy Water R e a c t o r Program O f f i c e e f f o r t t o d e f n n e t h e " ' s t a t e -o f -t h e = a r t W an heavy w a t e r m o d e r a t e d r e a c t o r s a s u r a e y o f r e a c t o r d e s i g n s and d e s i g n s t u d i e s was u n d e r t a k e n , T h i s s u r v e y i n c l u d e s : , A l i s t and description o f t h e heavy w a t e r m o d e r a t e d power r e a c t o r s e a t h e s ope-rating o r u n d e r c o n s t r u c t i o n2 , A l i s t and d e s c r l p t a o n sf t h e more r e c e n t d e s i g n s t u d i e s done an heawy w a t e r m o d e r a t e d r e a c t o r s , w i t h t h e e x c e pt i o n o f r e a c t o r s u s l n g o r g a n i c c o o l a n t 3 , A d n s e u s s x o n of t h e vasaous r e a c t o r t y p e s , a s d e t e r m i n e d by t y p e of c o o l a n t , i n d n c a t i n g development t r e n d s 4,A d~s c u s s s o n o f warlous d e s i g n f e a t u r e s o r c h a r a c t e r i st i c s t h a t many heawy w a t e r r e a c t o r s have i n common, s u c h as p r e s s u z e t u b e s , o n -l i n e r e f u e l i n g , and D 2 0 l o s s r a t e s . 4PHWR E x p e r l e n e e a t A g e s t a 6PHWR E x p e r i e n c e a t NPD-2 7 The P i c k e r i n g N u c l e a r G e n e r a t i n g S t a t i o n . 8 C a n a h a n G e n e r a l E l e c t r i c -Heavy Water R e a c t o r , 9Advansed C o n v e r t e r E v a l u a t i o n 10 BOILING LIGHT WATER COOLED REACTORS . Heavy Water Management . 2F u e l and F u e l Management 2 3 Thorium F u e l C y c l e s , 26Dual Purpose Applications 26S p e c t r a l S h i f t . BNWL-8 5 4 H E A V Y W A T E R M O D E R A T...