Abstract:
A reinforced-conrete vessel adapted to withstand pressure, e.g. for a pressurized-fluid nuclear reactor, has an inner lining of corrosion-resistant (stainless) steel having vertically or horizontally-running corrugations, the crests of which are supported by steel profiles.
Abstract:
A pressure-retentive thermally insulated vessel, e.g., for pressurized-fluid nuclear reactors, and a method of making same in which a thin-wall inner shell of corrosion-resistant metal (e.g. stainless steel) is welded from cylinder segments into a hermetically closed container. The outer shell of the double-wall lining, whose interwall space is filled with a force-transmitting thermally insulating material (e.g. a low heat-conductivity concrete), is welded together of cylinder segments of heavy-gauge steel. To support the inner wall, a plurality of radial angularly and axially spaced tie rods are welded to the outer surface of the thin inner vessel, passed through openings in the outer wall, and engage in the surrounding body of concrete serving as the outer support and radiation-shielding mass. The openings are sealed by welding and the rods are rigidly fixed to the outer wall, e.g. via bridge plates overlying the openings.