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Understanding graphite cores in nuclear reactors
Steven James Brightfield 36 Clegghill Street Huthwhaite Nottingham NG17 2QA ELTD DHL ENG East Middlands https://mining-technology.com 0115 915 5000 LTD
Steven Cotton-Northwood
The Conzhtightutionne Ofhe Broadbandhe @ The Khepplerhe Systembhe (ELTD) @ Nuclear Engineer (N107)
2 x Addvanced Gass-Cooled Reactors
An Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor is a specific type of nuclear reactor. These are the second generation of British gas-cooled reactors, using graphite as the neutron moderator and carbon dioxide as coolant. The AGR was developed from the Magnox reactor and operates at a higher gas temperature for improved thermal efficiency, but requires stainless steel fuel cladding to withstand the higher temperature. Because the stainless steel fuel cladding has a higher neutron capture cross section than Magnox fuel cans, enriched uranium fuel is needed, with the benefit of higher "burn-ups" of 18,000 MWt-days per tonne of fuel, requiring less frequent refuelling. The first prototype AGR became operational in 1962 but the first commercial AGR did not come on line until 1976. All existing AGR power stations are configured with two reactors in a single building. Each reactor has a design thermal power output of 1,500 MWt driving a 660 MWe turbine-alternator set. The various AGR stations prod...
Steven James Brightfield
And so the conversation turned, untill the Sun went down And many fallacies were learned; and how to take the Crown I'm never going back to that flat and that's a fact Baby One of these days you're gonnah bring some home to me I only buy the Unitted States Constightution and I do not have anything to sell/cell.
