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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:
May. 24, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arnaldo Turricchia, Rome, IT;
Assignee:
Enel S.p.A., Rome, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376280 ; 376287 ; 376288 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a method for protecting the integrity of the reactor container base in nuclear power plants, and a device for implementing the method. The proposed method and device are applicable to all reactor types (PWR or pressurized water reactor, BWR or boiling water reactor, HWR or heavy water reactor, etc.) and to all types of containing system (large dry type, steam suppression type, condensation on ice type, subatmospheric type etc.), although for simplicity the present text will describe only their application to a PWR with a steam suppression and large dry containing system.