Nuclear reactor plant

Patent · Tue May 30 00:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:6693170

Schabert, H P; Drossel, R

A nuclear reactor plant has a containment shell, a secondary shield enclosing the containment shell and defining therewith an annular space therebetween and a double pipe of a live steam or feedwater line passing through the annular space and formed of a pair of inner and outer pipe portions defining an annular space therebetween. A support member supports an end of the double pipe in vicinity of the secondary shield, the support member having a substantially conical outer surface and being formed with an annular recess communicating with and terminating the annular space formed in the double pipe. Also provided are means for supporting the other end of the double pipe in the containment shell while affording longitudinal movement of the other end of the double pipe.

• Assignee: Kraftwerk Union AG
• Patent Number(s): US 4092490
• OSTI ID: 6693170
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
220900* -- Nuclear Reactor Technology-- Reactor Safety
CONTAINMENT
CONTAINMENT SHELLS
DESIGN
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
PIPES
SHIELDS
STEAM LINES
STEAM SYSTEMS
SUPPORTS