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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:
Mar. 23, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jan S Porowski, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376260 ; 376292 ; 219 61 ;
Abstract
A process for improving nozzles extending substantially vertically through openings in the head of a nuclear reactor and which are circumferentially welded to the head through a weld lying on an inner surface of the head and on the adjacent outer surface of the nozzle which comprises forming a coaxial, circumferential groove upwardly into at least a portion of the nozzle extending into the reactor and then filling the coaxial, circumferential groove with a weld material. The nuclear reactor head is also claimed.