Corium protection assembly

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:869268

Gou, Perng-Fei ^[1]; Townsend, Harold E ^[2]; Barbanti, Giancarlo ^[3]

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1. Saratoga, CA
2. Campbell, CA
3. Sirtori, IT

A corium protection assembly includes a perforated base grid disposed below a pressure vessel containing a nuclear reactor core and spaced vertically above a containment vessel floor to define a sump therebetween. A plurality of layers of protective blocks are disposed on the grid for protecting the containment vessel floor from the corium.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Boston, MA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-90SF18494
• Assignee: General Electric Company (San Jose, CA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5307390
• OSTI ID: 869268
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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define
sump
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layers
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spaced vertically
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