Nuclear reactor dip seal
Patent
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OSTI ID:6674880
Arrangements are provided for sealing cover gas from the clearance spaces among primary vessel head structure components in a liquid metal cooled fast breeder nuclear reactor. These include a dip seal having a trough and blade respectively suspended from adjacent head structure components, such as rotatable plugs, the trough and blade extending downward to an elevation below the operating level of coolant within the vessel. A vent pipe equalizes pressure during power operation among the separate cover gas regions formed by the dip seal.
- Assignee:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4341732
- OSTI ID:
- 6674880
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
210500* -- Power Reactors
Breeding
ANNULAR SPACE
BREEDER REACTORS
CONFIGURATION
COVER GAS
DESIGN
EPITHERMAL REACTORS
FAST REACTORS
FBR TYPE REACTORS
FLUIDS
GASES
INERT ATMOSPHERE
LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS
LMFBR TYPE REACTORS
MOTION
REACTOR CHANNELS
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTORS
ROTATION
SEALS
SPACE
210500* -- Power Reactors
Breeding
ANNULAR SPACE
BREEDER REACTORS
CONFIGURATION
COVER GAS
DESIGN
EPITHERMAL REACTORS
FAST REACTORS
FBR TYPE REACTORS
FLUIDS
GASES
INERT ATMOSPHERE
LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS
LMFBR TYPE REACTORS
MOTION
REACTOR CHANNELS
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTORS
ROTATION
SEALS
SPACE