Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design Institute

Libing Zhu

Yu Chen

Hui Li

Yong Wang

Wei Shi

Bo Yang

He Sun

Cheng Ye

Mingguang Zheng

Jinquan Yan

Guoxing Gu

Chuntao Tang

Xiankang Dong

Jiwei Li

Qianxue Ding

Xia Su

Junqiang Lu

Jiazheng Liu

Liuhua Shen

A gray control rod having a neutron absorber comprising terbium and dysprosium is provided. The neutron absorber comprises at least one first component and at least one second component, the reactivity worth of the first component increases as the service time of the neutron absorber increases, the reactivity worth of the second component decreases as the service time of the neutron absorber increases; the reactivity worth of the neutron absorber varying no more than 15% within the service time of the neutron absorber. By using the first component and the second component to form the neutron absorber, and adjusting the proportion of the respective components in the neutron absorber, the neutron absorber having a substantially planar reactivity worth loss characteristic can be obtained. The gray control rod and the assembly having required reactivity controlling ability can be obtained by increasing or decreasing the material dosage of the neutron absorber.

Gray control rod having a neutron absorber comprising terbium and dysprosium

A heat pipe based passive residual heat removal system for a spent fuel pool (). Partitions () are arranged around an inside of the spent fuel pool. Evaporation-end heat pipes () are arranged between the outside of the partitions and an inner wail of the pool. The evaporation-end heat pipes have outlets that extend beyond the pool and are connected to an Inlet of an ascending pipe (), and have inlets connected to an outlet of a descending pipe (). Condensation-end heat pipes () have inlets connected to an outlet of the ascending pipe, and have outlets connected to an inlet of the descending pipe. The heat pipes cool the spent fuel pool. A heat exchange by phase change of working medium in the heat pipe leads to heat exchange of low temperature difference and high efficiency, relying on density difference for natural circulation drive.

Heat pipe based passive residual heat removal system for spent fuel pool

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