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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Inventors:
James A Sparrow, Irmo, SC (US);
Greg D Hill, Gaston, SC (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/33 (2006.01); G21C 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 1/086 (2013.01); G21C 3/3315 (2013.01); G21C 3/3305 (2013.01); Y02E 30/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a top nozzle for use with PWR nuclear reactors and power plants, and in particular, VVER nuclear reactors. The top nozzle includes a plate portion having a peripheral portion; a hub portion spaced from the plate portion; a plurality of support portions extending from the plate portion to the hub portion; and at least one deflector portion extending inwardly from the peripheral portion at an acute angle with respect to the plate portion.