Nuclear reactor containing connecting means for connecting a reactor vessel and at least one receiver vessel

Patent · Tue Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:5026990

Garabedian, G; De Luca, R A

A nuclear reactor is described comprising: (a) a reactor vessel containing a reactor core and means for employing a liquid metal for absorbing heat generated within the reactor core and an inlet entering the reactor core for receiving cool liquid metal; (b) at least one receiver vessel for receiving the hot liquid metal from the reactor vessel; (c) a hot leg connecting means removably connected to the reactor vessel and the at least one reveiver vessel providing a pathway for the flow of the hot liquid metal from the reactor vessel to the at least one receiver vessel; (d) a cold leg connecting means removably connected to the reactor vessel and the at least one receiver vessel and providing a pathway for the flow of cool liquid metal from the at least one receiver vessel to the reactor vessel, the cold leg connecting means.

• Assignee: Stone and Webster Engineering Corp., Boston, MA
• Patent Number(s): US 4737338
• OSTI ID: 5026990
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 7 May 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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