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Device for the thermal protection of a fast reactor vessel

US4022657A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 10, 1975
Grant dateMay 10, 1977
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Expiry dateJul 10, 1995

Classification

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

Abstract

A thermal protection device which prevents the formation of neutral gas thermosiphons within the annular space formed between a reactor vessel wall and the shell of a top closure structure from which the vessel wall is suspended essentially consists of one or a number of packing rings fitted and compressed within the annular space, each ring being made up of a series of elements placed in adjacent relation at the periphery of the closure structure.

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