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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Johann Meseth, Dieburg, DE;
Inventor:
Johann Meseth, Dieburg, DE;
Assignee:
Areva NP GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A containment vessel of a boiling-water nuclear power plant and a method of operating a condenser in a nuclear power plant, include a drain pipe which connects a top region of the containment vessel to a condensing chamber disposed in the containment vessel. The drain pipe draws off noncondensible gases from the surroundings of a building condenser in the containment vessel and thus maintains reliability of performance of the building condenser. The noncondensible gases flow automatically into the condensing chamber through the drain pipe. As a result, the building condenser may have a simple and cost-effective structure.