Nuclear reactor containment structure with continuous ring tunnel at grade

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:862910

Seidensticker, Ralph W ^[1]; Knawa, Robert L ^[2]; Cerutti, Bernard C ^[2]; Snyder, Charles R ^[3]; Husen, William C ^[4]; Coyer, Robert G ^[5]

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1. Wheaton, IL
2. Idaho Falls, ID
3. Naperville, IL
4. Whittier, CA
5. Pasadena, CA

A nuclear reactor containment structure which includes a reinforced concrete shell, a hemispherical top dome, a steel liner, and a reinforced-concrete base slab supporting the concrete shell is constructed with a substantial proportion thereof below grade in an excavation made in solid rock with the concrete poured in contact with the rock and also includes a continuous, hollow, reinforced-concrete ring tunnel surrounding the concrete shell with its top at grade level, with one wall integral with the reinforced concrete shell, and with at least the base of the ring tunnel poured in contact with the rock.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4045289
• OSTI ID: 862910
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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