Induced nuclear reactions: processes – systems – and elements – Reactor protection or damage prevention – Core catchers
Patent
1992-11-25
1994-04-26
Wasil, Daniel D.
Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements
Reactor protection or damage prevention
Core catchers
976DIG143, G21C 9016
Patent
active
053073908
ABSTRACT:
A corium protection assembly includes a perforated base grid disposed below a pressure vessel containing a nuclear reactor core and spaced vertically above a containment vessel floor to define a sump therebetween. A plurality of layers of protective blocks are disposed on the grid for protecting the containment vessel floor from the corium.
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Barbanti Giancarlo
Gou Perng-Fei
Townsend Harold E.
Beulick J. S.
General Electric Company
Wasil Daniel D.
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