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Baffle-former arrangement for nuclear reactor vessel internals

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5010356
A baffle-former arrangement for the reactor vessel internals of a nuclear reactor is described. The arrangement includes positioning of formers at the same elevations as the fuel assembly grids, and positioning flow holes in the baffle plates directly beneath selected former grid elevations. The arrangement reduces detrimental cross flows, maintains proper core barrel and baffle temperatures, and alleviates the potential of overpressurization within the baffle-former assembly under assumed major accident conditions.
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Patent Number(s):
US 4080257
OSTI ID:
5010356
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English