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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2012
Johan M. Cronje, Monumentpark, ZA;
Alexander W. Harkness, Gibsonia, PA (US);
William Edward Cummins, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Matthew J. Memmott, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Matthew C. Smith, Manor, PA (US);
Johan M. Cronje, Monumentpark, ZA;
Alexander W. Harkness, Gibsonia, PA (US);
William Edward Cummins, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Matthew J. Memmott, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Matthew C. Smith, Manor, PA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
An integral pressurized water reactor that combines all of the components typically associated with a nuclear steam supply system, such as the steam generator, reactor coolant pumps, pressurizer and the reactor, into a single reactor pressure vessel. The reactor pressure vessel is itself enclosed in a containment pressure vessel that also houses a number of safety systems, such as the core make-up tanks, the primary side of residual heat removal heat exchangers, an automatic depressurization system and a recirculation system that enables continuous core cooling through natural circulation over an extended period of time. Actuation of the passive systems is done by single actuation of valves, powered from redundant batteries.