NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANT HAVING A COLLECTING VESSEL FOR MOLTEN CORE MATERIAL

摘要

1534783 Reactor safety KERNFORSCHUNGSANLAGE JULICH GmbH 1 June 1976 [7 June 1975] 22666/76 Heading G6C Safety equipment for a nuclear energy plant comprises a collecting vessel 1 disposed below the reactor core which receives the molten material in the event of the core melting due to an accident, heat pipes 5 having one end embedded in the vessel 1 extending to a cooling tank 9 and serving to transmit the heat from the molten material to the tank. The heat pipes are formed by pipes closed at both ends and which are filled with a liquid heat-conveying medium. The arc end of each pipe is embedded in a lining of a heat resistant material which may be silicon carbide and serve to transmit the heat to the tank 9 of water which may be supplied from natural water supplies or quenching pools.