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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:
May. 15, 1979
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gordon Kenworthy, Leigh, GB;
Roy S Howard, Grappenhall, GB;
Assignee:
Nuclear Power Company Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
176 40 ; 176 38 ; 176 87 ;
Abstract
In a liquid metal cooled fast breeder nuclear reactor of the pool kind the inner wall surface of the core tank has continuous fins inclined upwardly to form troughs through which cool liquid metal drawn from the outer region of the pool of coolant can cascade and thereby jacket the wall surface with relatively cool coolant.