Modular reactor containment system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorLarry Edgar Fennern
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Abstract
A compact metal containment vessel, for a boiling water nuclear reactor, includes in one exemplary embodiment, a bottom head, a removable top head, and a substantially cylindrical sidewall extending from the bottom head to the top head. The bottom head, top head and cylindrical sidewall define a containment cavity sized to receive and enclose a reactor pressure vessel. The containment vessel has a pressure rating of at least about 50 atmospheres atm.
Claims21
A metal containment vessel for a boiling water nuclear reactor, the boiling water nuclear reactor comprising a reactor pressure vessel, said containment vessel comprising:
- a bottom head;
- a removable top head;
- and
- a substantially cylindrical sidewall extending from said bottom head to said top head, said bottom head, top head and cylindrical sidewall defining a containment cavity sized to receive and enclose a reactor pressure vessel, said containment vessel having a pressure rating of at least about 50 atmospheres.
A boiling water nuclear reactor comprising:
- a reactor pressure vessel;
- a reactor core located inside said reactor pressure vessel;
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- a metal containment vessel, said reactor pressure vessel enclosed inside said containment vessel, said containment vessel comprising;
- a bottom head;
- a removable top head;
- and
- a substantially cylindrical sidewall extending from said bottom head to said top head, said bottom head, top head and cylindrical sidewall defining a containment cavity sized to receive and enclose said reactor pressure vessel, said containment vessel having a pressure rating of at least about 50 atmospheres.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.