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Reinforced concrete pressure vessels for nuclear reactor installations

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5924563
A pressure vessel for a nuclear reactor comprises a reinforced concrete vessel with at least one open area located in the wall of the concrete vessel, a lining means anchored on the inside surface of the concrete vessel and the opea area for protection of the surfaces and at least one expansion space in the concrete vessel immediately adjacent the lining means to permit movement of the lining means under various reactor conditions.
Assignee:
Hochtemperatur-Reaktorbau GmbH (Germany, Federal Republic Of)
Patent Number(s):
US 4477409
OSTI ID:
5924563
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English