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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2002
Johann Meseth, Dieburg, DE;
Johann Meseth, Dieburg, DE;
Framatome ANP GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
In order to allow a reliable and passive external cooling of a reactor pressure vessel of a boiling water reactor, outside the reactor pressure vessel a differential-pressure measurement pipe is provided and has a first and a second pipe leg which are connected to one another above a critical filling level. The first pipe leg is connected at the height of the critical filling level to the interior of the reactor pressure vessel. In a normal operating state, the differential-pressure measurement pipe is filled completely with water. In the event of the undershooting of the critical filling level, the water flows automatically out of the first pipe leg. As a result, the differential pressure between the two pipe legs rises, the differential pressure being detected by a measurement device via which the flooding of the exterior is then brought about.