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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
May. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Westinghouse Electric Company, Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Inventors:
Yasir Arafat, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jurie Van Wyk, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 13/02 (2006.01); G21C 15/18 (2006.01); G21C 15/12 (2006.01); G21F 5/10 (2006.01); G21F 5/008 (2006.01); G21D 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 13/02 (2013.01); G21C 15/12 (2013.01); G21C 15/18 (2013.01); G21F 5/008 (2013.01); G21F 5/10 (2013.01); G21D 3/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A nuclear reactor containment system including a nuclear reactor and a container enclosing the nuclear reactor. The container includes a number of heat removal systems each having an active state and an inactive state, wherein the heat removal systems dissipate heat from the container more efficiently in the active state than in the inactive state, and wherein the heat removal systems are structured to switch from the inactive state to the active state based on a temperature of the container.