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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2008
Applicants:
James Allan Nylander, Tualatin, OR (US);
John T. Groome, Corvallis, OR (US);
Eric Paul Young, Corvallis, OR (US);
Inventors:
James Allan Nylander, Tualatin, OR (US);
John T. Groome, Corvallis, OR (US);
Eric Paul Young, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
NuScale Power, LLC, Corvallis, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 13/024 (2006.01); G21C 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 13/024 (2013.01); Y02E 30/40 (2013.01); G21C 1/322 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power module includes a containment vessel completely submerged in a pool of liquid, and a support structure located at or above an approximate midpoint of the containment vessel, or center of gravity of the power module. The power module is supported by the support structure in combination with a buoyancy force of the pool of liquid acting on the containment vessel.