Nuclear containment vessels

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CONTAINMENT VESSELS FOR NUCLEAR REACTORS FOR CONTAINMENT AND CONTROL OF ALL LEAKAGE FROM THE INTERIOF OF THE CONTAINMENT VESSEL AND PHYSICALLY ATTAINED BY A CONTAINMENT VESSEL AND CONTAINMENT SYSTEM FOR NUCLEAR REACTORS COMPRISING AN OUTER PRESSURE-CONTAINING REINFORCED CONCRETE SHELL, A CONTINUOUS STEEL OUTER LINEAR WITHIN AND ADJACENT TO THE OUTER SHELL, A CONTINUOUS STEEL INNER LINER WITHIN AND INWARDLY SPACED FROM THE OUTER LINER TO CREATE AN ANNULAR SPACE HAVING SIDEWALL, DOME AND FLOOR PORTIONS BETWEEN THE TWO LINERS AND TO PROVIDE AN INTERIOR COMPARTMENT FOR THE VESSEL, POROUS "POPCORN" CONCRETE POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID LINERS AND SUBSTANTIALLY FILLING THE SIDEWALL AND DOME PORTIONS OF THE ANNULAR SPACE AND FORMING AN ANNULAR WALL BETWEEN SAID LINERS, SAID "POPCORN" CONCRETE WALL PROVIDING INTERCONNECTED VOIDS THROUGHOUT THE SIDEWALL AND DOME PORTIONS OF THE ANNULAR SPACE WHEREBY THE POROUS "POPCORN" CONCRETE REINFORCES AND SUPPORTS THE INNER LINER AND TRANSFERS PRESSURES FROM THE INNER LINER TO THE OUTER LINER BUT PERMITS DIFFUSION OF GASES AND VAPORS WITHIN THE ANNULAR SPACE; SPACED APART FLOOR-SUPPORTING MEANS BETWEEN SAID LINERS IN THE FLOOR PORTION OF SAID ANNULAR SPACE PROVIDING INTER-CONNECTING PASSAGES COMMUNICATING WITH SAID VOIDS; MEANS FOR EVACUATING AND COMPRESSING GAS FROM THE ANNULAR SPACE; A FIRST CONDUIT MEANS FOR CONDUCTING GASES AND VAPORS FROM THE ANNULAR SPACE TO THE EVACUATING AND COMPRESSING MEANS; A SECOND CONDUIT MEANS FOR CONDUCTING THE COMPRESSED GASES AND VAPORS TO THE INTERIOR COMPARTMENT, WHEREBY ANY GAS AND VAPOR LEAKAGE FROM THE INTERIOR COMPARTMENT TO THE ANNULAR SPACE IS RETURNED TO THE INTERIOR COMPARTMENT.