Water cooled nuclear reactor with a diaphragm pressuriser for low pressures and temperatures
CA 1315425 C · Owner: Gardner, Frederick J. · Inventors: Morris, Dewi J.; Gardner, Frederick J.
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A water cooled nuclear reactor (10) comprises a reactor core (14), a primary water coolant circuit (24,26) and a pressuriser (62) arranged as an integral unit in a pressure vessel (12). The pressure vessel (12) is divided into an upper chamber (30) and a lower chamber (32) by a casing (28), the reactor core (14) and primary coolant circuit (24, 26) are arranged in the lower chamber (32) and the pressuriser (62) is arranged in the upper chamber (30). A movable diaphragm (64) is positioned in the upper chamber (30), and is sealingly secured to the casing (12) by a bellows (68) arrangement to divide the upper chamber (30) into a water filled space (70) and a gas filled space (72). A plurality …
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- Granted March 30, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 30, 2010.
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