Water intake installation for cooling a nuclear power plant, and nuclear power plant comprising such an installation
AssigneeElectrictie De France
InventorChristophe Legendre
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Abstract
Water intake installation to supply water to a heat exchanger cooling circuit of one or more reactor units of a nuclear power plant, and comprising a suction basin from which a pumping station sucks water. The installation further comprises a suction tunnel communicating with the suction basin to supply it with water, connected to two water intakes submerged in a body of water. A part of the suction tunnel forms a loop having two ends that communicate with the suction basin. The disclosure also relates to a method for producing such a water intake installation, as well as a nuclear power plant comprising such an installation, optionally with several reactor units supplied with water by a same suction basin.
Claims15
A water intake installation for at least one heat exchanger-based cooling circuit of one or more reactor units of a nuclear power plant, comprising:
- a suction basin supplied with water and from which at least one pumping station of the plant draws water in order to circulate it within said cooling circuit;
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- a suction tunnel communicating with the suction basin to supply it with water, connected to at least two water intakes submerged in a body of water such as a sea, lake, or river;
- wherein at least a portion of said suction tunnel forms a loop having two ends which communicate with the suction basin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.