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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 1979
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Siegfried Brandes, Schriesheim, DE;
Assignee:
Hochtemperatur-Reaktorbau GmbH, Cologne, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
176 / ; 176 / ;
Abstract
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for regulating and shutting down a gas cooled nuclear reactor having a bed of spherical fuel elements, wherein regulation of the reactor is accomplished by a first set of absorber rods in the side reflector of the reactor, partial shutdown is achieved by a second set of absorber rods movable in the top reflector and in the space above the fuel elements, and total shutdown is accomplished by a third independent set of absorber rods which can be moved downwardly into the fuel elements.