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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:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth R. Rohde, Granby, CT (US);
Justin Lloyd Ford, Ashford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 1/300 ;
Abstract
A nuclear power plant includes at least two reactor vessels enclosed within a single containment building. In a first embodiment, the reactor vessels and steam generators operate separately from one another. In a second embodiment the reactor vessels jointly provide heat to a common header having a plurality of steam generators associated therewith. In a third embodiment, the reactor vessels are completely integrated with one another by means of a single control and coolant system.