Patent · US Expired

Nuclear reactor shutdown system

US4073681A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 5, 1975
Grant dateFeb 14, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 5, 1995

Classification

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

Abstract

A shutdown system is described for a nuclear reactor wherein a gate, which allows poison to pass to the reactor core, is allowed to move to an open position upon the severing of a fuse link by electric current passed therethrough.

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