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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lothar Wistuba, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Gerhard Hau, Albstadt, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376280 ;
Abstract
A device for collecting reactor-meltdown products from a reactor pressure vessel includes an expansion chamber for receiving the reactor-meltdown products and for receiving a coolant, such as cooling water, for cooling the reactor-meltdown products spreading in the expansion chamber. The expansion chamber is disposed laterally of the reactor pressure vessel and has a floor and a cooling system in the floor.