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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2010
Nirmal Jain, Windsor, CT (US);
James R. Nowell, Waterford, CT (US);
Subhash Chandra, West Hardford, CT (US);
Edward E. Berry, Old Lyme, CT (US);
Nirmal Jain, Windsor, CT (US);
James R. Nowell, Waterford, CT (US);
Subhash Chandra, West Hardford, CT (US);
Edward E. Berry, Old Lyme, CT (US);
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to an alternate feedwater injection system to at least partially mitigate the effects of an aircraft impact on a light water nuclear reactor positioned in a reactor building. The light water nuclear reactor has a primary system and a reactor core. The alternate feedwater injection system includes a water storage tank, an injection point into the primary system, a pump capable to transfer water from the water storage tank to the injection point and ultimately to the reactor core. The water storage tank and pump are located external to a reactor building and outside of an identified aircraft impact area or inside the identified aircraft impact area and provided with a means of protection from the aircraft impact.