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Reactor building

US4518561A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 5, 1982
Grant dateMay 21, 1985
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Expiry dateFeb 5, 2002

Classification

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

Abstract

Reactor building structure comprising a ring building roof embedded in the cylindrical skirt of the confinement enclosure. The structure is constituted by a confinement enclosure comprising a cylindrical skirt and a dome, as well as by a ring building surrounding the confinement enclosure. The ring building comprises a cylindrical skirt and a roof, the confinement enclosure and the ring building being erected on a common general foundation raft or floor. The internal structures are positioned with the confinement enclosure. The roof of the ring building is toroidal or frustum-shaped, being embedded in the cylindrical skirt of the confinement enclosure. The internal structures are disengaged from the confinement enclosure.

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