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Title: Seismic attenuation system for a nuclear reactor

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1650841
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A system for attenuating seismic forces includes a reactor pressure vessel containing nuclear fuel and a containment vessel that houses the reactor pressure vessel. Both the reactor pressure vessel and the containment vessel include a bottom head. Additionally, the system includes a base support to contact a support surface on which the containment vessel is positioned in a substantially vertical orientation. An attenuation device is located between the bottom head of the reactor pressure vessel and the bottom head of the containment vessel. Seismic forces that travel from the base support to the reactor pressure vessel via the containment vessel are attenuated by the attenuation device in a direction that is substantially lateral to the vertical orientation of the containment vessel.

Research Organization:
NuScale Power LLC, Portland, OR (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
NE0000633
Assignee:
NuScale Power, LLC (Portland, OR)
Patent Number(s):
RE47,965
Application Number:
15/961,804
OSTI ID:
1650841
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 04/24/2018
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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