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Title: Vacuum breaker valve assembly

Patent ·
OSTI ID:350335

Breaker valve assemblies for a simplified boiling water nuclear reactor are described. The breaker valve assembly, in one form, includes a valve body and a breaker valve. The valve body includes an interior chamber, and an inlet passage extends from the chamber and through an inlet opening to facilitate transporting particles from outside of the valve body to the interior chamber. The breaker valve is positioned in the chamber and is configured to substantially seal the inlet opening. Particularly, the breaker valve includes a disk which is sized to cover the inlet opening. The disk is movably coupled to the valve body and is configured to move substantially concentrically with respect to the valve opening between a first position, where the disk completely covers the inlet opening, and a second position, where the disk does not completely cover the inlet opening. 1 fig.

Research Organization:
General Electric Co., Boston, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-90SF18494
Assignee:
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5,898,748/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 8-901,231
OSTI ID:
350335
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 27 Apr 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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