Open AccessSolid0Core Heat-Pipe Nuclear Batterly Type Reactor
Author(s) -
E. Greenspan
Publication year - 2008
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/940911
Subject(s) - nuclear engineering , heat pipe , nuclear reactor , decay heat , nuclear reactor core , liquid metal , core (optical fiber) , waste management , materials science , engineering , thermodynamics , heat transfer , physics , composite material
This project was devoted to a preliminary assessment of the feasibility of designing an Encapsulated Nuclear Heat Source (ENHS) reactor to have a solid core from which heat is removed by liquid-metal heat pipes (HP)