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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:
May. 14, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hans K Fauske, Hinsdale, IL (US);
George H Clare, Aiken, SC (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376385 ; 376395 ; 376427 ; 376458 ;
Abstract
A reactor core for a gas-cooled reactor, which core is composed of a plurality of prismatic bodies (2) of graphite containing nuclear fuel and having a top wall, a bottom wall and a plurality of vertically extending side walls, each graphite body (2) being provided with a plurality of first coolant flow channels (4) extending vertically between the top wall and the bottom wall, and with a plurality of second coolant flow channels (6) extending transversely to the first channels (4) and each interconnecting a plurality of the first channels (4).