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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2011
Michael F. Hankinson, Monroeville, PA (US);
Larry C. Smith, Harrison City, PA (US);
Joseph A. Harim, Dunbar, PA (US);
John E. Bible, Ringgold, GA (US);
Jianwei Chen, Wexford, PA (US);
Michael F. Hankinson, Monroeville, PA (US);
Larry C. Smith, Harrison City, PA (US);
Joseph A. Harim, Dunbar, PA (US);
John E. Bible, Ringgold, GA (US);
Jianwei Chen, Wexford, PA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
A pressurized water reactor nuclear containment radiation shield which surrounds the upper portion of a pressure vessel in an ice condenser containment. The vertical walls of the neutron shield are formed in vertical sections with the lower and upper sections operable during outages, to open to promote air flow cooling along the walls in the vicinity of the vessel head.