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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1978
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fritz Schweiger, Hagen, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
176 38 ; 176 / ;
Abstract
A method of removing the decay heat of radioactive fission products from a gas-cooled high temperature nuclear reactor in an emergency situation wherein a fault or a combination of faults results in the normal operational systems of the reactor not being able to remove the decay heat satisfactorily, comprises introducing water into the reactor core. Preferably the water is completely desalinated water which is introduced into the core from above. Absorber material may also be mixed with the water before it is introduced into the core to effect permanent shutdown of the reactor by absorbing free neutrons within the core.