Core assembly storage structure

Patent · Tue Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:5016963

Jones, Jr, C E; Brunings, J E

In a liquid metal-cooled nuclear reactor wherein the reactor core barrel and some auxiliary equipment including core assembly transfer equipment including core assembly transfer equipment are all immersed in a pool of liquid metal within a containment vessel, the reactor including an adjacent structure for the storage of core assemblies from the core barrel, the improvement in the core assembly storage structure is described comprising: an enclosed housing , substantially vertical support members interconnecting the top and bottom plates; an inlet duct in fluid communications with the interior of the housing at one end and having an opposite end in fluid communication with a source of ambient air; an exhaust duct in fluid communication with an opposite wall of the housing and having an opposite end in fluid communication with the atmosphere; thimble members extending through the top plate, support means affixed to the bottom plate and located adjacent a lower end of each of the thimbles.

• Assignee: Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC
• Patent Number(s): US 4737336
• OSTI ID: 5016963
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 4 Apr 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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