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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 1980
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roy S Howard, Warrington, GB;
Donald Hodgson, Ormskirk, GB;
James G Dale, Stockton-on-Tees, GB;
Clifford T Hall, Sedgefield, GB;
Assignee:
Nuclear Power Company Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
176 40 ; 176 87 ;
Abstract
The core tank of a liquid metal cooled fast breeder reactor of the pool kind has thermal insulation cladding its inner wall surface. The thermal insulation comprises a plurality of spaced layers of stainless steel sheet material each layer comprising rectilinear panels in spaced array in vertical and horizontal rows. Closure members of cruciform shape close the spaces between adjacent panels.