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Boiling-water reactor

US3979257A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 28, 1974
Grant dateSep 7, 1976
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Expiry dateFeb 28, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E30/30
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A boiling-water reactor has control rods operable from the top of the reactor pressure vessel and has control rod guide tubes structurally connected with upwardly removable water separators in a steam space above the reactor core.

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