Pressurized-water reactor coolant pipe containment

US4077837A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Kraftwerk Union Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Hans-Peter Schabert
• Leonhard Irion
• Wolfgang Braun · Ditzingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 9, 1975
• Grant date: Mar 7, 1978
• Expiry date: Apr 9, 1995

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E30/30
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A pressurized-water reactor coolant system has a main coolant pipe connecting with the reactor pressure vessel through a check valve. A tubular containment is fixed to the pressure vessel and extends over the check valve and connects with the pipe beyond the check valve.