Nuclear reactor plant and multiple purpose shielding system therefor

Abstract

Abstract A multipurpose compartmented reactor building in which water fillable tankage dispersed about the pressure vessel and the containment vessel of a nuclear reactor provide primary shielding of a primary pressure boundary secondary shielding in the containment vessel therefor as well as protection against missiles from within and/or without the building; the tankage further providing multiple and immediate sources of water for emergency cooling and for flooding the containment boundary around the pressure vessels in the event of vessel rupture to keep the reactor core submerged; the tankage and water therein serving to absorb the energy release generated in a nuclear accident; such tankage when empty rendering the building light enough to be flatable as a hull for transport from a place of the construction to mooring at a site of ultimate use where the water sustaining the hull serves as a seismic damper to the hull in the event of an earthquake.

Inventors

• 👤 S Naymark

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