Preliminary Computations on the Teitel Design Breeder Reactor,
Abstract
The pile utilizes a graphite core containing U(233) suspended in an intermetallic compound of lead and tin. This combination is assumed to contain uranium, lead, and tin, in atom percents of 3.75, 83.25, and 13, respectively. Through the core and heat exchanger is circulated a coolant solution of Th(232) and liquid Bi, in 4 and 96 atom percents respectively, part of which is diverted into a blanket area, where the thorium is utilized for breeding. Of course, breeding will take place in the reactor core as well. The following are preliminary calculations based upon a bare, homogeneous, poison-free pile of the Teitel design. No assumptions have been made as to engineering feasibility; in fact, no such specifications were known at the time of calculation, so that the results are in the main exploratory. A more practical set of computations is forthcoming and awaits only the engineers' decisions on certain details.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 09, 1953
- Accession Number
- ADA322605
Entities
People
- J. Fleck
Organizations
- Brookhaven National Laboratory