Published April 6, 1982 | Version v1
Patent

Emergency reactor shutdown device

Description

Purpose: To smoothen the emergency operation of the control rod in a BWR type reactor and to eliminate the external discharge of radioactively contaminated water. Constitution: A drain receiving tank is connected through a scram valve to the top of a cylinder which is containing a hydraulic piston connected to a trombone-shaped control rod and an accumulator is connected through another scram valve to the bottom of the cylinder. The respective scram valves are constructed to be opened by the reactor emergency shutdown signal from a reactor control system in such a manner that drain valve and a vent valve of the tank normally opened at the standby time are closed after approx. 10 seconds from the opening of the scram valves. In this manner, back pressure is not applied to the hydraulic piston at the emergency time, thereby smoothly operating the control rod. (Sikiya, K.)

Availability note (English)

Available from JAPATIC. Also available from INPADOC.

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
5 p.
IPC:
Int. Cl. G21C7/14.
IPC
Int. Cl. G21C7/14.
Patent number
JP patent document 57-57284/A/