Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated passive cooling containment structure for a nuclear reactor
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Application No.: US17730420Application Date: 2022-04-27
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Publication No.: US11763954B2Publication Date: 2023-09-19
- Inventor: David H. Hinds
- Applicant: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Applicant Address: US NC Wilmington
- Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Current Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Wilmington
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: G21C13/10
- IPC: G21C13/10 ; G21C15/12 ; E04H7/18 ; G21C13/028 ; G21C13/093 ; G21C13/087

Abstract:
An integrated passive cooling containment structure for a nuclear reactor includes a concentric arrangement of an inner steel cylindrical shell and an outer steel cylindrical shell that define both a lateral boundary of a containment environment of the nuclear reactor that is configured to accommodate a nuclear reactor and an annular gap space between the inner and outer steel cylindrical shells, a concrete donut structure at a bottom of the annular gap space, and a plurality of concrete columns spaced apart azimuthally around a circumference of the annular gap and extending in parallel from a top surface of the concrete donut structure to a top of the annular gap space. The outer and inner steel cylindrical shells and the concrete donut structure at least partially define one or more coolant channels extending through the annular gap space.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220254527A1 INTEGRATED PASSIVE COOLING CONTAINMENT STRUCTURE FOR A NUCLEAR REACTOR Public/Granted day:2022-08-11
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