Patent
1975-08-29
1977-06-07
Nelson, Peter A.
176 65, 176 87, 176DIG2, G21C 1500
Patent
active
040281779
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to means for cooling the top end of a suspended vessel such as the pressure vessel of a nuclear reactor.
The invention consists in supplying a liquid coolant which flows through coils located in contact with an intermediate heat conducting material which is in contact with the top end of the vessel. The liquid coolant or the intermediate liquid may be of liquid metal such as a sodium-potassium alloy and the intermdiate material may be contained in a tank rigidly secured to the vessel.
In modified arrangements the intermediate material may be a solid or a gas.
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Failla Henri
Schaller Karl
Vidard Michel
Commissariat a l''Energie Atomique
Nelson Peter A.
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