Apparatus for controlling nuclear core debris

Details Apparatus for controlling nuclear core debris Apparatus for controlling nuclear core debris

1976-02-11

1978-09-26

Engle, Samuel W.

176 40, 176 87, G21C 900

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041167643

ABSTRACT:
Nuclear reactor apparatus for containing, cooling, and dispersing reactor debris assumed to flow from the core area in the unlikely event of an accident causing core meltdown. The apparatus includes a plurality of horizontally disposed vertically spaced plates, having depressions to contain debris in controlled amounts, and a plurality of holes therein which provide natural circulation cooling and a path for debris to continue flowing downward to the plate beneath. The uppermost plates may also include generally vertical sections which form annular-like flow areas which assist the natural circulation cooling.

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patent: 3719556 (1973-03-01), Snyder, Jr. et al.
patent: 3945883 (1976-03-01), Hind et al.
patent: 3962032 (1976-06-01), Berniolles et al.
patent: 3964966 (1976-06-01), Lampe

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