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Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2016
Applicant:

Hitachi-ge Nuclear Energy, Ltd., Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki, JP;

Inventors:

Kenichi Katono, Hitachi, JP;

Masao Chaki, Hitachi, JP;

Kazuaki Kito, Mito, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 15/18 (2006.01); G21C 9/012 (2006.01); G21C 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 15/18 (2013.01); G21C 9/012 (2013.01); G21C 13/02 (2013.01); Y02E 30/40 (2013.01);
Abstract

When a power source is lost after an operation stop of a nuclear power plant, a first open/close valve is opened via a first battery at an early stage and steam in a reactor pressure vessel (RPV) is condensed in a suppression pool. The heat of the water in the suppression pool is transmitted to a cooling water pool located below inner space between first and second reactor containment vessels surrounding the RPV. A second open/close valve is opened via a second battery at the early stage and cooling water in a tank is injected into the RPV. After the early stage, a third open/close valve is opened via a third battery, and a cooling medium becomes steam by an evaporator in the RPV, the steam being condensed by a condenser disposed in the inner space to become a liquid of the cooling medium and is returned to the evaporator.


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