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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Manfred Fischer, Erlangen, DE;
Dietmar Bittermann, Furth, DE;
Lothar Wistuba, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Horst Weisshaupl, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376280 ;
Abstract
A device for collecting core melt from a reactor pressure vessel improves a flow of the core melt out of the reactor pressure vessel. A prechamber is disposed below the reactor pressure vessel and a spreading chamber for the core melt is disposed laterally next to the reactor pressure vessel. The spreading chamber is connected to the prechamber through a channel. A base unit forms a bottom region at least of the prechamber and is made of a material having high thermal conductivity.