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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2016
Clear Inc., Tokyo, JP;
CLEAR INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A nuclear power generation system being safe and easily controlled by load following. The nuclear power generation system has a nuclear reactor employing a load following control method. The reactor includes: a fuel assembly reactor core having metallic fuel containing at least one selected from uranium-235, uranium-238 and plutonium-239; a reactor vessel containing the reactor core; metallic sodium loaded into the reactor vessel and heated by the reactor core; and a neutron reflector for achieving criticality in the reactor core with effective multiplication factor of neutrons emitted from the reactor core being maintained at or above about 1. The neutron reflector is coupled to spring or spiral metallic members and utilizing heat deformation in the metallic members due to the temperature in coolant metallic sodium to control the fast neutron reflection efficiency of the neutron reflector.