Hitachi, Ltd.

Toshihiko Sugisaki

Kenji Tominaga

Tetsuo Horiuchi

Shozo Yamanari

Yoshiyuki Kataoka

Michio Murase

Hisamichi Inoue

Syozo Yamanari

Masanori Naioh

Hideo Ogasawara

The emergency core cooling structure according to the present invention is provided with a water storage container which holds therein emergency cooling water to be supplied to a core region in a nuclear reactor in case of an emergency, for example, when the primary cooling water flows out from a reactor vessel, so as to maintain the temperature of the emergency cooling water in the upper portion of the water storage container in a level higher than the level of that of the emergency cooling water in the lower portion thereof, the lower portion of the water storage container, which is filled with the low-temperature cooling water, being communicated at all times with the core of the nuclear reactor by a means which has substantially no movable member. When the primary cooling water flows out, so that the pressure in a reactor vessel decreases, the emergency cooling water in the high-temperature region is boiled to expand to cause the low-temperature emergency cooling water in the lower portion of the water storage container to be raised, the resultant low-temperature emergency cooling water being supplied to the core region.

Nuclear reactor

A containment vessel for a nuclear reactor having a dry well for mounting therein a pressure vessel for containing the nuclear reactor, a pressure suppressing chamber having a pool of coolant therein, and a vent pipe device for releasing therethrough into the pool of coolant within the pressure suppressing chamber steam which will be produced as a result of the occurrence of an accident and escape into the dry well. The vent pipe device includes a plurality of vent pipe members inserted in the pool of coolant within the pressure suppressing chamber and each having at least one exhaust port opening in the coolant. The vent pipe members are divided into a plurality of groups in such a manner that the vent pipe members of different groups differ from one another in the length of submerged portions of the vent pipe members interposed between the liquid of the coolant within the pressure suppressing chamber and the exhaust ports of the vent pipe members.

Containment vessel for a nuclear reactor

A device having a tubular body of an increased diameter closed at its bottom and connected at its top to the lower end of a vent pipe in such a state that the tubular body is immersed in a water pool. The tubular body is formed in its side wall with a multitude of openings for venting steam therethrough to the water pool to condense the same.

Vent exit device for condensing steam

Fuel assemblies forming the core of a nuclear reactor each include an open-ended tubular channel, upper and lower tie plates formed therein with a multitude of through holes and arranged in the vicinity of upper and lower ends of the tubular channel respectively, and elongated fuel elements located parallel to one another and extending between the upper and lower tie plates. The channel of each fuel assembly is formed in its walls with openings which are disposed below the upper tie plate and above the upper end edge of the fuel of each fuel element.

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Hitachi, Japan

Toshihiko Sugisaki