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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:
Aug. 19, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Garth J Aspden, Bolton, GB;
Graham Chesworth, Warrington, GB;
Assignee:
National Nuclear Corporation Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376463 ; 376461 ; 376205 ;
Abstract
A liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor of the kind in which the reactor core is disposed in a pool of liquid metal contained in the inner vessel of a double-walled steel tank supported in a vault having a roof the reactor has the roof supported by a conical support skirt carried by the wall of the vault, a single annular weld securing a main roof member to the skirt, and the conical skirt including a forked part providing inner and outer annular skirt portions from which the inner and outer vessels of the tank are carried respectively.