Published September 30, 1994 | Version v1
Patent

Heat removing device for nuclear reactor container facility

Description

A pressure suppression chamber incorporating pool water is disposed inside of a reactor container for condensating steams released to a dry well upon occurrence of abnormality. A pool is disposed at the outer circumference of the pressure suppression chamber having a steel wall surface of the reactor container as a partition wall. The outer circumferential pool is in communication with ocean by way of a lower communication pipeline and an upper communication pipeline. During normal plant operation state, partitioning valves disposed respectively to the upper and lower communication pipelines are closed, so that the outer circumferential pool is kept empty. After occurrence loss of coolant accident, steams generated by after-heat of the reactor core are condensated by pool water of the pressure suppression chamber, and the temperature of water in the pressure suppression chamber is gradually elevated. During the process, the partition valves of the upper and lower communication pipelines are opened to introduce cold seawater to the outer circumferential pool. With such procedures, heat of the outer circumferential pool is released to the sea by natural convection of seawater, thereby enabling to remove residual heat without dynamic equipments. (I.N.)

Availability note (English)

Available from JAPIO. Also available from EPO.

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
8 p.
IPC:
Int. Cl. G21C9/004; G21C13/00; G21C15/00.
IPC
Int. Cl. G21C9/004; G21C13/00; G21C15/00.
Patent number
JP patent document 6-273567/A/

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
JP patent application 5-62057.