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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gail E Miller, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Craig D Sawyer, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376280 ; 376284 ;
Abstract
A nuclear reactor complex includes fusible plugs to prevent water from a wetwell from flowing into a drywell including the reactor vessel. In case the core overheats and molten corium falls to the drywell floor, the heat from the corium melts the fusible plugs and water floods the drywell. The water inhibits a corium-concrete reaction, minimizing pressure increase within the drywell and thus the chances of radioactive materials being released into the environment.
Miller, Gail. (1992). Passive lower drywell flooder (U.S. Patent No. 5080857). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5080857
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