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Patent No.:

US 11901091 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 02, 2021

Combined mounting/electrical distribution plate for powering internal control rod drive mechanism (crdm) units of a nuclear reactor

Applicant:

Bwxt Mpower, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);

Inventor:

Scott J. Shargots, Forest, VA (US);

Assignee:

BWXT mPower, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);

Attorney:

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Primary Examiner:

Sharon M Davis

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 7/12 (2006.01); G21C 7/08 (2006.01); G21C 7/36 (2006.01); G21C 13/00 (2006.01); G21C 15/243 (2006.01); G21C 17/116 (2006.01); G21C 1/32 (2006.01); G21C 7/16 (2006.01); G21C 7/14 (2006.01); G21C 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 7/12 (2013.01); G21C 1/32 (2013.01); G21C 7/08 (2013.01); G21C 7/14 (2013.01); G21C 7/16 (2013.01); G21C 7/36 (2013.01); G21C 13/00 (2013.01); G21C 15/243 (2013.01); G21C 17/116 (2013.01); G21C 1/086 (2013.01); Y02E 30/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

A power distribution plate (PDP) sits on top of a support plate. Control rod drive mechanism (CRDM) units are mounted on top of the PDP, but the PDP is incapable of supporting the weight of the CRDM units and instead transfers the load to a support plate. The PDP has receptacles which receive cable modules each including mineral insulated (MI) cables, the MI cables being connected with the CRDM units. The PDP may further include a set of hydraulic lines underlying the cable modules and connected with the CRDM units. The cable modules in their receptacles define conduits or raceways for their MI cables and for any underlying hydraulic lines.

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