Integrated head package cable carrier for a nuclear power plant
Abstract
A cabling arrangement is provided for a nuclear reactor located within a containment. Structure inside the containment is characterized by a wall having a near side surrounding the reactor vessel defining a cavity, an operating deck outside the cavity, a sub-space below the deck and on a far side of the wall spaced from the near side, and an operating area above the deck. The arrangement includes a movable frame supporting a plurality of cables extending through the frame, each connectable at a first end to a head package on the reactor vessel and each having a second end located in the sub-space. The frame is movable, with the cables, between a first position during normal operation of the reactor when the cables are connected to the head package, located outside the sub-space proximate the head package, and a second position during refueling when the cables are disconnected from the head package, located in the sub-space. In a preferred embodiment, the frame straddles the top of the wall in a substantially horizontal orientation in the first position, pivots about an end distal from the head package to a substantially vertically oriented intermediate position, and is guided, while remaining about verticallymore »
- Inventors:
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- Monroeville, PA
- Murrysville, PA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- ADVANCED REACTOR CORP
- OSTI Identifier:
- 869725
- Patent Number(s):
- 5384812
- Assignee:
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Pittsburgh, PA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC02-92NE34267
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- integrated; head; package; cable; carrier; nuclear; power; plant; cabling; arrangement; provided; reactor; located; containment; structure; inside; characterized; wall; near; surrounding; vessel; defining; cavity; operating; deck; outside; sub-space; below; spaced; movable; frame; supporting; plurality; cables; extending; connectable; position; normal; operation; connected; proximate; refueling; disconnected; preferred; embodiment; straddles; top; substantially; horizontal; orientation; pivots; distal; vertically; oriented; intermediate; guided; remaining; track; substantially horizontal; substantially vertical; head package; vertically oriented; normal operation; nuclear power; reactor vessel; nuclear reactor; preferred embodiment; power plant; located outside; substantially vertically; wall spaced; reactor located; integrated head; horizontal orientation; /376/
Citation Formats
Meuschke, Robert E, and Trombola, Daniel M. Integrated head package cable carrier for a nuclear power plant. United States: N. p., 1995.
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title = {Integrated head package cable carrier for a nuclear power plant},
author = {Meuschke, Robert E and Trombola, Daniel M},
abstractNote = {A cabling arrangement is provided for a nuclear reactor located within a containment. Structure inside the containment is characterized by a wall having a near side surrounding the reactor vessel defining a cavity, an operating deck outside the cavity, a sub-space below the deck and on a far side of the wall spaced from the near side, and an operating area above the deck. The arrangement includes a movable frame supporting a plurality of cables extending through the frame, each connectable at a first end to a head package on the reactor vessel and each having a second end located in the sub-space. The frame is movable, with the cables, between a first position during normal operation of the reactor when the cables are connected to the head package, located outside the sub-space proximate the head package, and a second position during refueling when the cables are disconnected from the head package, located in the sub-space. In a preferred embodiment, the frame straddles the top of the wall in a substantially horizontal orientation in the first position, pivots about an end distal from the head package to a substantially vertically oriented intermediate position, and is guided, while remaining about vertically oriented, along a track in the sub-space to the second position.},
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year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1995},
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