The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21G / ; G21C / ; G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376171 ; 376172 ; 376173 ; 376349 ; 376180 ; 376351 ; 376428 ;
Abstract
A reactor core for a boiling water reactor, a fuel assembly and a control rod intended for Pu multi-recycling at a breeding ratio of about 1.0, or 1.0 or more while keeping the economical or safety performance to the same level as in a boiling water reactor now under operation. The reactor has an effective water-to-fuel volume ratio of 0.1 to 0.6 by the combination of a dense lattice fuel assembly constituted of fuel rods formed by adding Pu to degraded uranium, natural uranium, depleted uranium or low concentrated uranium, and having coolants at a high void fraction of 45% to 70% and a cluster-type, Y-type or cruciform control rod.