IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR BIG CONCAVE VESSELS, ESPECIALLY FOR SPHERICAL VESSELS
The support system for a large vessel especially for nuclear reactors consists of a series of stakes, articulated at the one end on sole-pieces and at the other end on spheres let into the wall of the vessel and protruding half inside and half outside the wall. The stakes are inclined at the same angle to the vertical, but alternately in opposite directions. Two adjacent stakes are joined together at the upper ends and carry there a further sole-piece in which one of the said hemispherical outer protuberances of the vessel rests. In the case that a core of a nuclear reactor is mounted within the vessel support pieces are articulated within the vessel at the inner protuberances, each of these support pieces having at its upper end a convex cylindrical surface that rests in correspondingly shaped plates mounted on the base of the support structure of the reactor core. (NPO)
- Research Organization:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- NSA Number:
- NSA-15-027133
- OSTI ID:
- 4843874
- Report Number(s):
- FR 1210341
- Country of Publication:
- France
- Language:
- English
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