Ring plate around openings in reinforced concrete containment vessel

摘要

A reinforced concrete containment vessel in a nuclear reactor includes a cylindrical shell having a side wall. The side wall includes an opening and a plurality of reinforcing bars (64), at least one of which is interrupted at the side wall opening. A reinforcing plate (70) having an opening (72) is located in the cylindrical shell so that the reinforcing plate opening is aligned with the side wall opening and the interrupted reinforcing bars are connected to the reinforcing plate. Reinforcing bar terminators (76) connect the reinforcing bars to the reinforcing plate.