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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1989
Jean-Michel Bourin, Paris, FR;
Jean-Lucien Mourlevat, Noisy le Roi, FR;
Gilbert Sengler, Elancourt, FR;
Framatome, Courbevoie, FR;
Abstract
Protection against the consequences of a cluster of control rods falling accidentally is provided by four chains, each of which includes two neutron flux detectors (D1A, D1B), two primary treatment circuits (R1A, S1A and R1B, S1B) associated with said two detectors such that each provides a primary fall signal in the event of the flux measured by the corresponding detector decreasing rapidly, and an OR gate (P1) for providing an output fall signal from the chain in the event of at least one of said primary signals being present. The detectors (D1A, D4B, D3A, D1B, D2A, D3B, D4A and D2B) are angularly distributed around the vertical axis (A) of the core (2). A secondary treatment circuit (6) causes an emergency reactor stop to take place in the event that it receives fall signals at the outputs from at least two chains.