Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry

Norihiko Handa

Masatoshi Kawashima

Hiroshi Nakamura

Shoko Suyama

Shigeki Maruyama

Tsugio Yokoyama

Yoshiyasu Ito

Shigeo Kasai

Sadao Hattori

Morihiko Sato

Kazumi Miyagi

Tohru Iijima

Megumu Yoshida

Katsutada Aoki

Masaaki Iida

Katutada Aoki

Makoto Ono

Kenji Ogura

Junko Matsuda

A ceramics composite member includes a structure in which a first ceramic member and a second ceramic member are integrated with a joint portion. The joint portion has a texture in which a silicon phase having an average diameter of 0.05 &#x3bc;m or more and 10 &#x3bc;m or less is continuously provided in a network form in interstices of silicon carbide particles having an average particle diameter of 0.1 &#x3bc;m or more and 0.1 mm or less.

Ceramics composite member and method of producing the same

A fast reactor comprises a core composed of nuclear fuel, a core barrel surrounding an outer periphery of the core, an annular reflector surrounding an outer periphery of the core barrel, a partition wall structure surrounding an outer periphery of the annular reflector and supporting the core barrel by a supporting structure arranged radially of the fast reactor, the partition wall structure constituting an inner wall of a coolant passage for a primary coolant, a neutron shield surrounding an outer periphery of the partition wall structure and disposed in the coolant passage, a reactor vessel surrounding an outer periphery of the neutron shield and having an inner wall constituting an outer wall of the coolant passage, and a guard vessel surrounding an outer periphery of the reactor vessel.

Fast reactor having reflector control system

A fast reactor comprises a reactor vessel to be arranged vertically in a reactor building, a reactor vessel upper structure disposed on an upper portion in the reactor vessel, a drum structure suspended from the reactor vessel structure into a central portion in the reactor vessel so as to define an annular portion between an outer periphery of the drum structure and an inner periphery of the reactor vessel, and a reactor core disposed in the drum structure. A reflector is disposed in the reactor vessel and is vertically movable along an outer periphery of the reactor core. The reflector may be composed of grain materials movable by gravity. An intermediate heat exchanger is further disposed at a portion above the reactor core and an electromagnetic pump is disposed in the reactor vessel for circulating coolant. The reactivity of the reactor core can be controlled by the reflector to thereby reduce the neutron irradiation amount to the reactor vessel.

Fast reactor

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Norihiko Handa