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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2010
Applicant:
Robert M. Wepfer, Export, PA (US);
Inventor:
Robert M. Wepfer, Export, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 9/00 (2006.01); F16L 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermal sleeve is mechanically attached to the bore of a surge nozzle of a pressurizer for the primary circuit of a pressurized water reactor steam generating system. The thermal sleeve is attached with a series of keys and slots which maintain the thermal sleeve centered in the nozzle while permitting thermal growth and restricting flow between the sleeve and the interior wall of the nozzle.